Graveside services for Myrtle Lou Sanford Green of Meadville, MS will be Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Lynn Cemetery in Archibald, LA at 12:00 noon. The Rev. Joel Parker will be officiating the services, with Franklin Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville, MS on Thursday, May 18, 2017 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM.

Mrs. Green, 83, passed from this life on Monday, May 15, 2017 at Franklin Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 4, 1934 in Rayville, LA to Leonard Allen Sanford and Almeda Walters Sanford. She was a Baptist. She was well loved by her family and many friends and especially enjoyed when neighbor children and grandchildren would visit.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her siblings Dorothy Raye Spencer Joiner, Audrey Morgan, William James Sanford, Beatrice Copeland, Billy Paul Sanford, and Wayne Allen Sanford; the father of her children Howard Rushing and a granddaughter Kelly Ratliff.

Survivors include her sister Shirley Parker, her children Cindy Butler Tarver, Howard Mitchell Rushing and wife Patty, Kenneth Paul Rushing and wife Charlene, Sammy Keith Rushing and wife Pam; grandchildren Chris Butler and wife Chandra, Ramey Butler and wife Jennifer, Henry Gentry Jr., Ryan Rushing and wife Rachel, Ariel Evans and husband Michael, Courtney Smith and husband Howard, Hunter Rushing, Tyler Rushing, Morgan Rushing and Brooke Rushing; great grandchildren Irene Withers, Olivia Butler, Ethan Butler, Ayden Butler, Leon Evans, Delilah Evans and Quinn Evans and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.