Special Events
May 2010 - Mothers Day Gift Basket Drawing Winners
Mrs. Daphne Blue Mrs. Carolyn Morgan
Greater Columbus Minority Chamber of Commerce
2010 Columbus's Top 30 Women of Influence- Celebrating the Achievements of Women- May 6, 2010
Mrs. Louise Less- President of Green Acres Cemetery
Other Honorees: Carol Gertijegerdes-Columbus Times News Paper, Teresa Whitaker-News Anchor WRBL, Dr. Linda Hadley-Dean of Columbus State University
February 10, 2010/ Black History Month Tour of Green Acres
We are honored to participate in Black History Month by conducting self-directed tours of the cemetery. Our purpose is to highlight the gravesites of famous civil rights workers, educators and other local citizens of merit.
- Dr. Thomas H. Brewer - a physician, is recognized as a martyr of the national civil rights movement
- Dr. John Henrik Clarke - a famous educator and author or editor of nineteen books
- Mrs. Mildred L. Terry - first librarian of the first African American library in Columbus
- Dr. James Grant - a Dentist, first African American to be appointed to the Muscogee School Board
- Mr. Jessie J. Taylor - first Executive Director of the Urban League of Greater Columbus, Inc.
- Shirley Winston - A Columbus police officer who was slain on duty, Shirley Winston Supercenter Park was named for the slain officer.
- John Sconiers, Sr. - Founder of the first and only black bank in Columbus.
- and others