Mary Jessie Green

Mary Jessie Green, lovingly known as “Aunt Mary,” departed this life to be with the Lord on April 5, 2016. She was born on October 26, 1928 in Chester, Maryland to the late Augustine Green, Sr. and the late Jessie Roane Green. She was 87 years old. Mary Jessie attended public schools in Queen Anne’s County. She graduated from the Old Kennard High School in 1946. There were 16 girls and 12 boys in her graduating class. Larry Jones was the principal. Mary Jessie worked on the John M. Dennis Ferry for several years. This ferry transported cars and passengers from the eastern shore to the western shore. As a young woman, Mary Jessie moved to Washington, DC for better job opportunities. She worked for several families in the Washington, DC area. Mary Jessie also attended school to become a Nursing Assistant. She worked in a nursing facility in DC where she was highly thought of for her devotion to others. The residents were very sad to see Ms. Green leave the facility. Mary made many lifelong friends while living in Washington, DC. These friends were family to Mary. Then they became family and friends to Mary’s family on the Eastern Shore. When family and friends visited Mary Jessie, she enjoyed taking them on tours of DC and entertaining them in her home. She was a perfect hostess. After many years living in DC, Mary moved back home to the Eastern Shore to live. She moved to Grasonville Terrace in Grasonville, Maryland. When she returned home, she enjoyed going out to dinner and gatherings with family and friends. She also loved listening to music and getting her hair done. She loved to express her feelings about various subjects to family (especially to her Brother Bobo) and friends. Mary Jessie loved young people! She was “young at heart”. Mary enjoyed attending church services while in Washington, DC. She also attended Immanuel U.M. Church in Grasonville, Maryland. Mary Jessie was known for enjoying life to the fullest and spending time with her family and friends. She will be missed by those who loved her for her fun-loving spirit, quick wit and funny sayings. She would tell her early to bed sister, Vernetta, “You can stand on your head for one night.” Or to someone who was funny, she might say “You are more fun than a barrel of monkeys.” Mary Jessie loved to collect and display family photographs, entertain guests in her home, eat crab cakes, talk to her special friends and keep her home spotless. Mary always liked sending out birthday cards to family and friends. Everyone was impressed that she knew everyone’s birthday. Her health started failing in 2013 and she went to Corsica Hills Nursing Center in Centreville, MD. She had some “special friends” (Clara, Mrs. Miles, and Chris) there. She was so happy when family and friends would visit her. She also looked forward to the Thursday night church service held there. She had to look her best before she went down to church. Clarence Graham would come on Thursday nights to Corsica Hills with others from various churches in the different communities to sing, fellowship, and praise the Lord with the residents. He would go and get Mary from her room and take her down to enjoy worship and music when she was able, on Thursdays. Clarence would sing songs with a group or sometimes he would do a solo. Mary loved to hear him sing. She would often say, “Clarence sounds good.” Mary would clap and sing when she could. She also loved to visit with her friend, Mrs. Miles and brother-in-law, Warren Butler (“the smartest boy” in her high school class) during the Thursday night church service. For a little while, she and her brother, Augustine had rooms across the hall from each other. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie and Augustine Green; brothers, Jerome Green, Joseph Green and Augustine Green and sisters, Bessie Green, Nettie Green Butler, and Julia Green Pauls. She leaves to cherish precious memories her sister, Vernetta Murray; her brother, William Edward Green; her brother-in-law, Warren Butler; special nieces, nephews, and cousins; and loyal friends, Mary Ann Hill, Alfreda Pulley, and Margaret Reed. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Mary Jessie Green, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Mary Jessie Green

October 26, 1928 - April 5, 2016