Memorial service to be held for Greene

There will be a memorial ceremony held on Friday, July 19, at 6 p.m. at the Milam County Sheriff's Office in recognition of Sheriff David Greene who passed away on July 20, 2018.  

This is an open and outdoor event that everyone is invited to attend. 

Current Sheriff Chris White said in a press release that he hopes that having the service at 6 p.m. will allow people to come by and attend the service after getting off of work. 

"We do not believe the service will take very long, or at least there will not be any speakers, we just hope to show everyone the plaque and say a few words of remembrance for a true servant of the people and then close with a prayer," he said. 

Greene served Texas and Milam County as a game warden, constable, and sheriff from 1977 until July of 2018. 

"Everyone who visited the Milam County Sheriff's Office during the 11 years of his service as sheriff, knew that Sheriff Greene could be found at the back door, smoking a cigarette, and discussing, solving and keeping up to date on the issues and problems facing Milam County," White said. "The back door was commonly referred to the "back porch" and so we felt that a memorial plaque placed at the "back-porch" in his honor was something he would have approved of."  

A section of the northeast parking lot will be closed off for the attendees and there will be plenty of parking throughout the rest of the complex.   

"We continue to miss Sheriff David Greene every day and we want to make certain that the memory of his service to the people and to his employees will forever be remembered, even after we too are gone," White said.