Jim Green
ADA-Services for James W. (Jim) Green, 81, of Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church, Rev. Vickie Crooks will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery at Pauls Valley.

Mr. Green died Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Ada. He was born September 12, 1933 in Pauls Valley to Gordon Miller "Pete" and Virginia Longmire Green. He and his family moved to Ada in 1939 where he attended Washington grade school and graduated from Ada High School in 1951. He was awarded his B. A. and L. L. B. degrees by the University of Oklahoma in 1955 and 1960. At the University of Oklahoma, he was a member of the R. O. T. C. and rose to the rank of Captain.

He married Sandra Buchanan on August 27, 1960 in Hobart. Mr. Green served on the staff of the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, Joe B. Hunt as Assistant Life Actuary from 1957 to 1961. He was Director, Actuarial Division and Vice-President of Old Security Life Insurance Company of Kansas City, MO from 1961 to 1970. In 1970, he moved his family back to Ada. He served as Vice-President, Special Marketing Division of the Home Security Life Insurance Company in Pauls Valley. In 1973, he founded American Federal Savings and Loan Association in Ada where he served as President and Director. In 1989 he served as Chairman of the Board of the Oklahoma League of Savings Institutions and as a Director and Vice-Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.

He was a member of the Oklahoma and American Bar Associations and the Legislative Committee of the U. S. League of Savings Associations. He was actively involved in civic and community interests. He previously served as president of both the Kiwanis Club of Ada and the Ada Growth and Development Corp. He was a director of the Pontotoc County Area Authority and a former director of the Ada Chamber of Commerce.

In 1992, he became a registered investment representative and opened an office in Ada for Stifel Nicolaus. In 1994 he became an Investment Representative for Edward Jones of Ada, retiring there in 1998.

He was an active member of the First Christian Church and served as an Elder, Past Moderator of the Board and Choir member.

Survivors include his wife, Sandra, of the home; son, John Green of Ada; daughter, Susan Green Cannon and husband Ron of Grand Prairie, TX; brother, Gordon M. Green and his wife Janet of Oklahoma City; niece, Leslie Ives, Oklahoma City; nephew, Trey Green, Kalispell, MT; and two grandnieces, Rachel McLemore and Lily Green.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Virginia Green.

Bearers will be Willard Rhynes, Michael Millsap, Joe Barnes, M. E. Carr, Derrelyn Metz and Bill Baker.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First Christian Church, 101 E. 13th, Ada, OK 74820; or the Ada Senior Care Center, 301 E. Kings Road, Ada, OK 74820.

Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.