Linda "Lillie" Jean Green

Linda Green, 66, passed away on Friday, December 12, 2025. Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday, December 29, 2025, at 1 pm at Greater St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow at the City of Lubbock under the direction of Griffin Mortuary. Linda “Lillie” Jean Green was born on September 28, 1959, with a midwife at home in Lubbock TX, to Bobbie Jean Willis and Joe Edward Dial. She was the oldest of all the siblings. She was dedicated early at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church. She continued her faith in God until life.

Linda attended school at New Life Polytechnic High School, where she participated in basketball camp, tee ball, and other school activities.

She did solar rolling in Fort Worth Texas Popular Skating rink where dancers honored their skill for Soul Train, and she had to use her skill by dancing for Soul Train. She continued her life in Compton, California until a life change with sickness with hormones brought her back to Lubbock, TX. She began working as a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) and she was an amazing worker. She took care of her residents as if they were her own family. She went way beyond her job duties. She enjoyed having a good time, she loved music, dancing, and being around family.

Linda is preceded in death by her mother Bobbie Jean Willis Sneed, grandparents Pauline and Joseph Dial, grandfather Zebedee Parish, her grandmother Connie Bee, uncle Dub, and grandchildren Alexis K. Bates

Linda leaves to cherish her memory her father Joe Edward Dial, her daughters Tamasha Rochell Green and Demetra Nicole Green, her sons Clifton Shawn Willis and Joseph Lawerence Green, Jr., her sisters Cynthia Sullivan, Prencess Sneed-Pearson, Felicia Lashun Dial, and Marcelle Dial, her brothers Billy Joe Dial, James Lee Sneed, and Gary Miller, her grandchildren Tre’Shun D. Bates, Ty’alia K. Bates, Javion Q. Green, Edward Lee Johnson, Sr., Nakia Johnson, Stevieosha Hawthorne, NeKeshia N. Johnson, Zamorian Green, Journey Willis, and Kia Willis, her great grandchildren Ja’lissan Green, Kanana K. Bates, Zax’tynn, and Paris Scott, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.