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- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 18 Apr 2011.
Charles Wayne Green obituary
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: George Green
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1926
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Enumeration District Number: 13
Family Number: 37
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Line Number: 41
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238
Film Number: 2341972
Digital Folder Number: 4548152
Image Number: 00259
Household Gender Age
Parent Charles Green M 49
Parent Ethel Green F 36
Isaac Green M 21
Walter Green M 18
Edna Green F 16
Ethel Green F 14
Willie May Green F 11
Charles Green M 8
Johnnie Green M 6
George Green M 4
Catherine Green F 1
Algie Knowles M 26
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Jun 2013.
Just Plain Talk: July starts the down-hill daylight slide & hot days
Harold Smith was middle-aged when I met him in the early 1970s and started visiting his outdoor theaters: The Newport Drive In and the Woodzo Drive In, both off Highway 25/70. I've never seen a photo of him in his younger years, as shown in a projection booth in Newport. That's him at left with long-time employee George "Heavy" Green, the projectionist. It was his job to load the large film reels into the projection cameras, one at left and right. He also changed the carbon rods that produced the bright electric arc light.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 19 Jul 2013.
Just Plain Talk: Summer should be time for outdoor work but no longer outside films
The "Heavy" Green family
My connections back to Heavy Green came through Linda Moorefield, who met and married Wayne Green and had been together 13 years when he died April 18, 2011. It was in 2009 he became ill and was diagnosed with lung cancer that did not respond to chemotherapy. And during that time he was dying, I first visited with Linda's father, Bill Moorefield, to let you know more about him. Wayne has a son, from a previous marriage, Alan Green, who lives in Knoxville with his wife, Amy, and their children. Amy is the daughter of Randy Penland. Wayne was already working at Walmart in Newport when Linda met him. Linda also had a child, Kayla Sartin, from her first marriage. Wayne had worked at Walmart for 21 years. His older brother is George Green II, and siblings are Steve Green, Susie Evans, and Ricky Green. They are the children of George "Heavy" Green, who married the former Barbara Blazer. She survives "Heavy," who carried that nickname so very contrary to his small and slim frame. Of course, you know he worked forever with our old friend the late Harold Smith, film exhibitor extraordinary at the Newport and Woodzo drive-in theaters located off Knoxville Highway.
Linda said that Barbara had divorced Heavy and remarried Kenneth Raines. We are thinking that Heavy died on April 15, 2006 and this was when both our outdoor theater screens were standing but abandoned as that era had ended and Heavy was out of work and suffering with cancer. If all the Green children are similar, they are great folks because Linda said that Wayne "was a wonderful man, a very talented musician." He played drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and the piano. From about 2005 thru 2006 Linda and Wayne had a Gospel music group called Hosanna when they attended Victory Baptist Church. Others in the group included John and Betty Brown, Earl and Joan Benson. Junior Dunn was in the group from start to finish. They traveled each weekend and one summer performed at 14 homecomings.
You saw the old photo a couple weeks ago of Harold Smith and Heavy Green in a film projection booth. Linda believes this photo was made at the old Winston Theater, downtown Newport. Maybe you have some memories of attending the B-westerns and serial shows there?
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: George Green
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Newport, Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1926
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 15-12
Family Number: 122
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Line Number: 20
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3881
Digital Folder Number: 005461287
Image Number: 00333
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Ethel Green F 46 Tennessee
Son Charles Green M 19 Tennessee
Son Johnnie Green M 16 Tennessee
Son George Green M 14 Tennessee
Daughter Katherine Green F 11 Tennessee
Daughter Dorothy Green F 9 Tennessee
Brother-in-law Cephas Sneed M 55 Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 15 Apr 2006.
George M. (Heavy) Green, 80, of Newport, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville after a lengthy illness. He was retired from the Woodzo Drive-In Theater. He was a veteran, having served his country in the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Ethel Green; brothers, Walter Green, Isaac Green, and Charles (Peanut) Green; and his sisters, Ethel Reagan and Willie Mae Holt. He is survived by his son, George Green Jr.; son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Linda Green; sons, Steve Green and Ricky Green; daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Jeff Evans; a very special companion, of 36 years, Edna Maloy; sisters, Edna Holt, Katherine Gentry, and Dorothy Barnes; brother and sister-in-law, Johnny and Mary Green; seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends, including very special friends, Boyd McGaha, Byron (Fussy) Duck, Lillie Mae Strange, and the Beetle Strange. The family received friends Monday, April 17, 2006, from 6-8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. J.D. Sisk officiating. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery. Brown Funeral Home has been honored to provide the final arrangements for Mr. George M. Green.
- [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 412-30-6671.
Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Charley Green
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Ethel Knowles
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 18 May 1909
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03651-6
System Origin: Tennessee-EASy
GS Film number: 1928643
Reference ID: pg 612
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