Verda Courtney Green, 91, of Hattiesburg, passed away Monday, July 8, 2019, at Bedford Care Center Monroe Hall. Visitation will be Thursday, July 11, 2019, from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at Dixie Baptist Church with services immediately following at 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Green was a member of Dixie Baptist Church. She worked in retail at Belk-Whitley Corporation, Fine Brothers Madison Department Store, and The Vogue. After retiring in retail, she started her job as a hostess in the ICU at Forrest General Hospital, where she worked for 13 years before finally retiring in 2006 to be the caretaker for her husband.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Green; a son, Joseph David Green; and her parents, May Belle Pace and Ed Courtney.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Seifert of Hattiesburg, and Betty Johnson (Paul B. Johnson, III) of Hattiesburg; one son, Larry Green (Yvonne) of Hattiesburg; nine grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and a number of nieces and nephews.
