Leonia Green

Published 12:00 am Friday, September 19, 2008

Leonia Green, formerly of Vicksburg, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, in Mount Claire, Calif. She was 95.

A homemaker, Mrs. Green was a member of Calvary M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her father, Major Williams, and her mother, Rebecca Starr.

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She is survived by four sons, Howard Green of Tallulah, Jesse C. Green of Mount Claire, Charlie Green of Ontario, Calif., and Ernest Rogers of New York, N.Y.; three daughters, Artie Lance of Greensboro, N.C., Lilie Mae Green of New York City and Linda Rogers of Mount Claire; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home.