Blanche Maurie Green

1913 - 2010  (97 years)

• Name	Blanche Maurie Green  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	12 Jan 1913	Paxton, Shelby County, Texas   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Jul 2010	Woodville, Tyler County, Texas   [5, 6]
  Buried	Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas   [6]
  Notes	Name Blanche Maurie Green Event Type Birth Event Date 12 Jan 1913 Event Place Paxton, Shelby, Texas, United States Gender Female Father's Name R E Green Mother's Name Nettie A Cammack Certificate Number 2325 Digital Folder Number 004136864 Image Number 00214 Citing this Record: "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X213-SN5 : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Blanche Maurie Green, 1913. Obituary, copied from FindAGrave: Blanche Maurie Green Phillips, 97, of Woodville, Texas, passed away, Friday, July 16, 2010 at The Orchard Assisted Living Center in Woodville, Texas. Blanche was born in Panola County, Texas on January 12, 1913 to Ralph Eugene and Nettie Ann Green. In 1918, the family built a home near Paxton, Texas where she spent her early years living and working on the family farm. After graduating from Tenaha High School, she became a first grade teacher at Paxton School where she taught her brother, Ralph and sister, Nelwyn. She, after three years of teaching and saving, enrolled in CIA, now Texas Women's University. After graduation, she became the first Home Economics teacher in Burkeville, Texas and it was there that she met and married fellow teacher and coach, Bob Phillips. Over the next few years they had two sons and built a home in Bob's hometown of Woodville where he supervised the Vocational Education programs for returning WWII veterans. Bob's untimely death in 1948 began a new and challenging chapter in the lives of Blanche and her sons. After a year of teaching in Woodville, she returned to TSCW/TWU to finish her master's degree and taught in Nacogdoches and Woodville until 1955 when she became an assistant professor at Sam Houston State College. In 1957 she entered Ohio State University, eventually earning a PhD. The now, Dr. Blanche Phillips accepted her longtime position as Dean of the School of Home Economics at Stephen F. Austin College, now SFASU. Her final years before retirement were spent at the University of Houston. Over the course of her life and career, Dr. Phillips touched, enriched and inspired the lives of countless people, many of whom are still close friends and adopted extended family to this day. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Eugene and Nettie Ann Green; brothers, Dr. Clarence Green and James Harold (Buck) Green; and sisters, Allene Green and Nelwyn Phillips. She is survived by a brother, Dr. Ralph Green and a sister, Esther Adams. Also sons, Ralph Phillips and Bob Phillips, daughter-in-law, Dorothy Phillips; grandchildren, Stacy McCoy & husband, Chris McCoy, Joan Phillips & her fianc?e , Will Patterson; great grandchildren, Brenden Phillips and Bailey McCoy. Funeral services will be Monday, July 19th at 10:30 a.m. at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery all in Woodville. Obituary - Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home, Woodville, Texas; July 17, 2010
  Person ID	I43576	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Ralph Eugene Green,   b. 10 Feb 1881, Panola County, Texas ,   d. Mar 1964, Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Nettie Ann Cammack,   b. 17 Jul 1889, Shelby County, Texas ,   d. 3 Jul 1973, Paxton, Shelby County, Texas  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1909	Shelby County, Texas
  Family ID	F6953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bob Floyd "Bobby" Phillips,   b. 30 Jan 1909, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas ,   d. 3 Nov 1948, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas  (Age 39 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1938  [3, 6]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F9316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Jan 1913 - Paxton, Shelby County, Texas Died - 16 Jul 2010 - Woodville, Tyler County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Texas, Shelby County, JP 5 Enumerated 30 Jan 1920 SD 326 ED 192 Sheet 10A 205-207 (Reliability: 3). [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Shelby County, JP 5 Enumerated 9 Spr 1930 ED 210-16 SD 12 Sheet 7B Highway No. 35 149-151 (Reliability: 3). [S1661] Phillips, Blanche Green (Deceased)-Family Researcher, Woodville, Texas, 1989 Family Group Sheet and 1990 Ancestor Chart (Courtesy of Bob Phillips). [S1111] FamilySearch.org, Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 55078688 (Reliability: 3). [S1661] Phillips, Blanche Green (Deceased)-Family Researcher, Woodville, Texas, 1989 Family Group Sheet and 1990 Ancestor Chart (Courtesy of Bob Phillips), She shows Paxton as the place of birth (Reliability: 3).