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Forrest Green Full Name: John Forrest Green, Jr. Date of birth: December 11, 1921 Date of death: January 8, 2011 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 27 Jan 9, 1979 - Jan 13, 1981 66th   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Ellis, Navarro H 27 Jan 11, 1977 - Jan 9, 1979 65th   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Ellis, Navarro H 27 Jan 14, 1975 - Jan 11, 1977 64th   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Ellis, Navarro H 27 Jan 9, 1973 - Jan 14, 1975 63rd   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Ellis, Navarro   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 67th Legislature, R.S., HCR 91. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches Autobiography in LRL Collection, 328.764 G823G 2009. The Life I Lived, 2009. Military Service Notes United States Air Force, Major, World War II. Find a Grave. Other Resources Maj. John Forrest Green, Jr., birth date 12/11/1921, death date 1/8/2011, photo, obituary, interment in Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County. Find a Grave. Notice of death, 2/2/2011. Speaker of the House. Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1979. Named one of the 'Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators 1975. Named one of the 'Furniture'. Best and Worst Legislators, 1973. Photographs Photograph. Forrest Green,63rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Forrest Green,64th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Forrest Green,65th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Forrest Green,66th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 63rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 64th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 65th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. 66th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.L1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 67th R.S. - 1981 Fire Ants in Texas, Select   66th R.S. - 1979 Agriculture and Livestock (Chair)  Higher Education   House Administration   65th R.S. - 1977 Agriculture and Livestock   Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters (Vice Chair)  Environmental Affairs   Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on Pollution Control   Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on State Parks   House Administration   Migrant Farm Workers, House Joint (Vice Chair)  64th R.S. - 1975 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair - Appropriative Matters)  Agriculture and Livestock Interim Committee on Study of Agriculture and Livestock Commodities Exportation and Importation   Environmental Affairs   Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on State Parks   Textile Industry Development   63rd R.S. - 1973 Agriculture and Livestock   Agriculture and Livestock Subcommittee on the Marketing of Food and Meat Products and Contracting of Cotton and Grain (Vice Chair)  Elections   Environmental Affairs   Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on State Parks

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