Obit — Judy Green
Mrs. Judy Kinslow Green age 68 of Lebanon departed her earthly journey to begin her heavenly life on Sunday October 11, 2026 after battling an extended illness.
A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Green’s life will be conducted on Thursday evening October 22nd at 6 p.m. from the Sellars Funeral Home on Baddour Parkway in Lebanon.
The Green family will receive friends at Sellars in the afternoon of October 22nd from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.
She was born Judy Ann Kinslow on in Carthage on February 10, 1959 and was reared on her parent’s quiet family farm in the Rock City Community and was one of two children, a son and a daughter of the late Coleman Spurgeon Kinslow who died at the age of 70 on March 31, 1996 and Annie Mae (Ann) Phillips Kinslow who died at the age of 74 on March 29, 2001.
After graduating from Union Heights Elementary School in the Rock City Community, she
continued on to graduate with the 1977 class at Smith County High School where she majored in home economics and music. She was a member of the homecoming court her junior and senior year; secretary of her senior class and a member of the office staff her senior year.
During her high school years, Judy began working on her dream career as a nurse at the hospital in Carthage. She was inspired to become a nurse by Smith County nurse, Geraldine Reich, the mother of Judy’s childhood friend, Venessa (Reich) Denny. Judy loved being a nurse, particularly the fast pace of the Emergency Department, more than anything and continued advancing in her career at Summit Medical Center and University Medical Center hospitals until the birth of their daughter.
Judy was united in marriage on December 19, 1987 to her best friend and the love of her life, Carthage native and Castle Heights graduate, Lebanon Attorney Hugh Green, who was the son of Graveltown Community native, Dr. Hugh Edward Green Sr. a Carthage physician, and Pleasant Shade Community native Mildred Porter Green.
In January of 2000, they were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Kennedy Sloane Green.
Judy was a wonderful mother to her two children, Ryan Lankford and Kennedy Green and a wonderful grandmother to her grandson Gabriel Lankford. Judy also had the privilege of helping raise five of her nephews and nieces in the early 90’s, forming a special relationship with the youngest nephew, Jace Green.
Being a mother, grandmother, wife, and nurse were her greatest passions in this life.
Surviving in addition to her husband Hugh of almost thirty-nine years are two children Ryan Lankford and Kennedy Green as well as her nephew Jace (Miranda) Green and their children, Emmaline, Eliza and Jace Landen Green Jr.; brother Dr. Phil (Paula) Kinslow; grandson Gabriel Lankford; nieces and nephews Amy Kinslow, Jenny (Tim) Harlan, Paul (Erika) Kinslow, Jordan (Carrie) Green, Jenna (Jimmy) Christian, John (Tandi) Green, Joe Green Jr.; Jimmy (Karen) Green Jr., Hayley Green, Keith (Karen) Green; cousin Faye Hendrix, and other extended relatives.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Safe Haven Family Shelter https://safehaven.org or Feed America First https://www.feedamericafirst.com/donate, causes which were near and dear to Judy’s heart.
This obituary provided as a courtesy to the Green family.
SANDERSON of CARTHAGE
