Obituaries

Earnest Green

RINGGOLD — Earnest Wallace Green, 92, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, May 8, 2018. A lifelong resident of the Ringgold area, Earnest was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII where he received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He is a life time member of the American Legion Post #40 and was of the Baptist faith. Earnest was a former employee of Sweet water Rug where he worked for 15 years and Queen Carpet where he worked for 10 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Jefferson and Lula Jane Freeland Green; two sisters, Mildred Wells and Florence Peters; two brothers, Arnold Green and Carl Green; and two stepbrothers, Fred Manis and Lamar Manis. He is survived by his loving wife of 70 years, Dorothy Lee Kittle Green, of Ringgold, Ga.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Terri and Wes Etheredge, of Daleville, Ala., and Sharon and David Roe, of Dallas, Ga.; four grandchildren, Lee Nelms, Randall Nelms, Penney Studdard and Chris Roe; five great-grandchildren, Hannah Studdard, Andrew Studdard, Mason Roe, Dawson Roe and Easton Roe; special sister-in-law, Leona (Terry) Rhinehart, of Ringgold, Ga.; chosen son and daughter, Jessie and Joy Thornton, of Ringgold, Ga.; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held noon Monday, May 14, 2018, in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow at Chattanooga National Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. until funeral time Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home Wallis-Stewart Chapel Ringgold, Ga. An online register book may be signed at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.

Published May 11, 2018

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