Friday, October 19,
2001
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Green Manor honors late Barbara Green By CAROLYN
CARY
A special tea was held last Sunday afternoon at the Historic Green Manor in Union City, honoring the late Barbara Bendall Green. Along with her husband, A. J. Green, she was instrumental in creating the Green Manor Restaurant in 1990. The house was built in 1910 and housed two families for 91 years. It also served as a doctors office for the second owner from 1917 until his death in 1947 and is the house A. J. was reared in. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mrs. Green died May 8 at the age of sixty nine. Three memorial gardens were created in her name and nearly 100 friends, relatives and longtime customers were present and participated in the ceremony. The Rev. Charles S. Crenshaw, who serves as the restaurants unofficial pastor, emceed the program. He is also the pastor of the Christian Fellowship Church in Fairburn. "Green Manor," he said, "was a result of love. Love of Barbara for the restaurant and its customers as well as her love of God and her participation in community affairs." Added the Rev. Raymond B. King, retired Methodist minister, "We are the closest to God in a garden and these gardens feed our mind and soul." Each person present received a package tulip bulbs to take with them, plant and think of Barbara Green as it grows into "a thing of beauty" and remind everyone of her principles. The dedication statement was said by everyone and read "We dedicate The Historic Green Manor and Gardens to the Memory of Barbara Bendall Green whose loving kindness and creative, generous and adventurous spirit enriched our souls and showed by her courageous example how we can best live our beliefs." A repast and tour of the gardens followed the ceremony.
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