A special tea

was held last Sunday afternoon at the Historic Green Manor in Union City,

honoring the late Barbara Bendall Green. Along with her husband, A. J.

Green, she was instrumental in creating the Green Manor Restaurant in

1990.

The house was

built in 1910 and housed two families for 91 years. It also served as

a doctors office for the second owner from 1917 until his death in 1947

and is the house A. J. was reared in. It is on the National Register of

Historic Places.

Mrs. Green

died May 8 at the age of sixty nine.

Three memorial

gardens were created in her name and nearly 100 friends, relatives and

longtime customers were present and participated in the ceremony.

The Rev. Charles

S. Crenshaw, who serves as the restaurants unofficial pastor, emceed the

program. He is also the pastor of the Christian Fellowship Church in Fairburn.

"Green

Manor," he said, "was a result of love. Love of Barbara for

the restaurant and its customers as well as her love of God and her participation

in community affairs."

Added the Rev.

Raymond B. King, retired Methodist minister, "We are the closest

to God in a garden and these gardens feed our mind and soul."

Each person

present received a package tulip bulbs to take with them, plant and think

of Barbara Green as it grows into "a thing of beauty" and remind

everyone of her principles.

The dedication

statement was said by everyone and read "We dedicate The Historic

Green Manor and Gardens to the Memory of Barbara Bendall Green whose loving

kindness and creative, generous and adventurous spirit enriched our souls

and showed by her courageous example how we can best live our beliefs."

A repast and

tour of the gardens followed the ceremony.

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