Shannon Green was born Nov. 13, 1934, and reared on the family farm near Westboro. He graduated from Westboro High School in 1952. After graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in 1956, he was married to Marylan Wahlers.
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He was a teacher and counselor in the St. Louis Public School system and completed a master’s degree in education in 1963. While in St. Louis, he was active with Boy Scouts.
After moving to the Jamesport area in 1972 he was in a farming partnership for 10 years. The first seven of those years were spent as a counselor at Gallatin High School before moving on to Maysville High School for two years as a counselor.
In 1985 he and Barbara Curry Green married, forming a blended family. The next 14 years were spent at North Central Missouri College as a counselor and academic advisor. This completed his career of nearly 45 years in education, retiring in 2000 at age 65.
At his death, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Trenton.
He is survived by his wife Barbara of the home and children Shannon (Diane) Green, Jr.; Kathy (Allan) Green Karr; Les (Rhonda) Skinner; Alliena Taylor; Mel (Nancy) Skinner; and Steve (Cassi) Curry; 22 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He had one brother, Carrol Green (now deceased) and wife Dorothy of Westboro, and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services are scheduled for 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Trenton. Inurnment will be at a later date in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. The family requests no flowers; instead, memorial contributions can be made to the First Baptist Church of Trenton.