Funeral services for Joseph Thomas Green, 77, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ed Lantz and Lew Riggsby officiating. The family will receive visitors in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the service. Honorary pallbearers are Benny Johnson, Max Bradford, Warren Brewer, Barry Teller and Bill Sidebottom.
Tom Green died from complications of lung cancer Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, surrounded by friends and his loving family.
He was born at home on South Davis Street on April 21, 1942, the son of the late Johnny and Betty Green.
Tom is survived by daughter Pamela Baty and husband Bobby; sister Sue Ann Johnson and husband Benny; nieces Joanna Foster and husband Brandon, and Julie McNally and husband Ben; great-nieces Natalee Foster and Brenna McNally; great-nephews Andrew and Jonah Foster, and Gus and Garrett Mc-Nally; cousin Bill Wingo of Reilly Springs; and a host of friends who will miss him dearly.
Please consider donating to one of his favorite charities, the Hopkins County Animal Protection League at P.O. Box 728 Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482 or Sulphur Springs Texas Animal Shelter, c/o Cathy Singleton, 109 College St., Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482.