NameAngus McDonald Green
Birth21 May 1924, Ahoskie, Hertford Co., NC
Death20 Mar 2012, Culpeper Co., VA
BurialCulpeper National Cemetery, 305 U.S.Avenue, Culpeper, Virginia 22701
Misc. Notes
Child
NAME:
William Nalle Mcdonald Green
SPOUSE:
Susan Jane Mowry
Obituary
Angus McDonald Green Angus McDonald Green, 87, died on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Culpeper Regional Hospital The son of the late James Williams and Helen Armstrong Green, he was born on May 21, 1924, in Ahoskie, North Carolina, where his father was associated with a newspaper. He was the only sibling of the seven children in his family who was not born in Virginia. Other that his first two years, he resided his entire life in Culpeper. Angus is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ada Newton Nalle Green; a son, William Nalle McDonald Green and his wife, Susan, of Longwood, Florida; a daughter, Anne Fitzhugh Green Pentecost and her husband, David, of Altamonte Springs, Florida; and two grandsons, Travers McDonald Green and Robert Byron Green, of Lake Mary, Florida. Also surviving are sisters, Harriet Green Scott and Lillian Miller Green of Culpeper; and a brother, Robert Duff Green and his wife, Mary, of Orange; and a number of nieces and nephews. Other than his parents, Angus was predeceased by a sister, Nancy Green Moser; and two brothers, Andrew Judson Green and James Williams Green Jr. Angus was educated in Culpeper public schools, Woodberry Forest School and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He was captain of the famous 1940 Culpeper High School football team which only lost to Bedford High School in a state championship game that year. Besides his years away at school and in the United States Army during World War II, Angus spent his adult working life at The Orange County Review and Green Publishers, Inc., Orange, where he was co-owner until he retired in 1983. He was proud of his military service and the fact that he was with General Patton's troops which were moving toward Berlin when the Germans surrendered in 1945. As a joke, he often said, "They heard I was coming and gave up". In 1944, he joined Orange American Legion Post 156 and continued his membership for 68 years. Angus was a civic leader in both Culpeper and Orange. He was president of Orange Rotary Club, president of Orange Historical Society, and member of Montpelier Property Council and Montpelier's Steeplechase and Equestrian Foundation. In addition to Orange American Legion, he was active in Orange VFW, Orange Realty Corporation, and was a 15-gallon donor at the Orange Red Cross Bloodmobile. In Culpeper, Angus was a lifelong and eighth generation member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church where he held every office from Sunday school superintendent to Senior Warden. When Episcopal churches from as far away as the Blue Ridge Mountains needed a lay reader in the absence of a rector, Angus was there to fill the pulpit. In 2006, the Museum of Culpeper History presented him the "Medal of Honor" award, and he received the 2001 "Culpeper Colonel" award. His list of numerous service boards includes president of Culpeper Historical Society, member of Culpeper Regional Hospital Auxiliary Board where he often wore a "Pink Coat", Culpeper Library Foundation Board, Hospice of the Rapidan, Boy Scouts of America an Culpeper's Architectural Review Board. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2012, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Culpeper, followed by a private burial for family members at Culpeper National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Little Fork Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 367, Rixeyville, VA 22737; Culpeper Regional Hospital; or St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 115 North East Street, Culpeper, VA 22701. Preddy Funeral Home of Orange is in charge of arrangements.
This obituary was originally published in the Culpeper StarExponent.