Waldine Frances Green

Services for Waldine Frances Green, 95, will be held at LeCompte Johnson Taylor Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10:30am and service at 12:30pm. Memorial contributions can be made to Evergreen Baptist Church. Waldine Frances Green possessed a caring and welcoming nature, an outgoing personality, and a lively sense of humor, that she exhibited right to the very end, which made her wealthy in friends and every other measure that truly counts. She died peacefully at her apartment at Ashwood Place in Frankfort on August 7, 2022. Waldine was born March 1, 1927, to sharecroppers in Possum Ridge, Kentucky. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1945 and married Kirtley Green as soon as he returned home from the Navy at the end of World War II. Waldine always told people that she thought Kirtley was the biggest smart alec she had ever met. He won her over, however, and the two celebrated their love for 66 years until Kirtley’s death in 2012. Waldine has long expressed her excitement about joining him. She was a housewife and mother to her three sons during their formative years, but as they left the nest she went back to work as a secretary for the Franklin County Soil and Conservation District. True to the work ethic she learned as a young girl, as well as her magnetic and caring personality, she excelled at her job and on leaving/retiring was asked to serve on the Board of Directors for the District. Waldine is survived by her sons: Kirtley Alan and his wife Linda of Westerville, Ohio; Gary Ray and his wife Lynne of Frankfort, Kentucky; and Richard Thomas of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She leaves behind four Granddaughters: Heather Rae Stephenson (Jeff) of Nicholasville, Kentucky; Frances Elizabeth Shears (Eric) of Chelsea, Alabama; Katherine Elaine Green (Jacob Bass) of Birmingham, Alabama; and Jennifer Leigh Williams (Brian) of Hartselle, Alabama. She was blessed with three great-grandchildren: Katherine Elizabeth Williams, Alexandra Leigh Williams, and James Bennett Williams. She also had four step-grandchildren: George Alan Oney (Debra) of Orlando, Florida, Daryn Michael Oney of Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, Carmen Jan Owens of San Antonio, Texas and Michael Patrick Owens of Worthington, Ohio. Her lone surviving sibling is Emery Raye Jewell of Frankfort. Waldine was an enthusiastic, if not accomplished, golfer well into her 80’s, and she and Kirtley were avid travelers, sharing a number of cruises with their close friends, Barbara and Cecil Scrimager. She and Kirtley always looked forward to yearly vacations with their sons and their families as they explored various parts of the country, with each participant taking turns choosing the location. Waldine was a long-time member of Evergreen Baptist Church. That congregation and her faith were a vitally important part of her life, especially providing comfort after Kirtley’s death. She only spent a short time at Ashwood Place, but made the most of her experience there, cultivating friends and brightening the lives of many of her fellow residents. Waldine was in this world for 95 years and she filled those years by making an oversized impact on family, friends, and everyone she met. It was a remarkable life.

Waldine Frances Green

March 1, 1927 - August 7, 2022