Eugene Debs Green was born in Austin, Texas July 30, 1942, the second son of Malcolm Alexander and Elizabeth Hughes Green. He was named for a family friend from the 1910s. Among our first vivid memories were the vacations we took by auto throughout the 1950s. We saw the sights & took numerous photos of Carlsbad Cavern, the Grand Canyon & Yellowstone Natl. Park. Park, the gardens of Vancouver & Banff National Park in Alberta in Canada, the old Green homestead from the 19th century around Fayetteville, Tenn.& Lookout Mountain, Mammoth Cave, the Liberty Bell & the forests & harbors of Maine. We also drove deep into Mexico, and stood in awe of the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, set adrift by the Aztecs. We also toured Chapultepec Castle, the mountain site of the most dramatic battle of the Mexican-American War in 1847. The giant depiction of Santa Anna in the war room of what is now the National Museum of Mexico, was burned into our memories. It was on these trips that Gene learned about photography and made it a hobby. Both of us learned some history too, & made that a hobby. Eugene had a keen intellect and became a bibliophile, not focused on rare books; he collected and read hundreds of books and was especially well-read in history and biography. We both graduated from William B. Travis High School in South Austin and went on to earn degrees in history at U. T. Austin. We shared a geography class there together during his freshman year, & my senior year, 1960-1961. The only 3 A grades in the class were given by a young man named Green; the professor wondered if we were kin to the other one, but we were not. Gene earned his B.A. & proceeded to enroll at the Univ. of Nebraska for graduate work, but discovered that a winter there in a house trailer was not something he wanted to endure again. He took up property buying and selling. He owned and operated a motel for a time in Lubbock and bought a ranch in New Mexico, but did not live on it. He soon joined some 100,000 or 500,000 young men in Canada fleeing the draft in opposition to the Vietnam War. Most were allowed to return, including Eugene, by Jimmy Carter on his first day in office in January 1977. Gene resumed his real estate operations, and moved around quite a bit. Our aunt Katherine Marshall passed away in Temple, June 1997, and Eugene lived in her house virtually the entire time since then. He went into woodworking handicrafts, focusing on the quality and unique details of mostly small items that he sold at various outlets in the Temple area. He also worked for several years at Temple Mall for a retailer that sold cameras, among other items; Gene could provide all the details any buyer would want. His sales were doubtless enhanced by his distinctive, commanding voice; some people told him he should go on the radio. He was a kind and gentle soul and will be missed.

He is survived by his brother George Norris Green of Arlington, Texas, and two nieces, Valerie Green and Deanna (Green) Kratovil, and by the children of his cousin Roy Wayne Green (who died last year) in San Angelo, Texas: Vicki Frazier, Roy Green Jr., and Lisa Gonzales. The family is indebted to Ms. Eva Flores of Temple and Hospice folks for tending to Gene in his final days.