Christella Marie Green Levison

Christella Marie Green Levison was born on August 28, 1930,

to Lonnie Green and Pallie Hatchett Green in Yazoo County,

Mississippi. Lonnie and Pallie had twelve children, six boys and

six girls. Two siblings died at childbirth.

Brothers, Daniel, David, Lonnie, and Alonza Green, and sisters,

Pecola, Hattie, Mattie, Sadie, and Golena all preceded her in

death.

Christella attended Yazoo County public school until the eleventh

grade. A er completing the eleventh grade, Christella moved to

Yazoo City, and enrolled at Saint Francis Catholic School ,where

she obtained her high school diploma in May of 1949. Christella

accepted Jesus Christ at an early age at Antioch Missionary Baptis 

Church. A er her family moved to Satartia, she joined Rose Hill

Baptist Church. While attending high school at Saint Francia,

Christella joined the Catholic faith. During this time, she attended

Saint Francis Catholic Church.

On September 9, 1950, Christella entered into holy matrimony

with George Levison, Sr. To this union, six girls and three boys

were born. George Sr., George Jr., Ray Anthony, and daughter,

Edwina, preceded her in death.

In 1994, Christella reunited with Rose Hill Missionary Baptist

church where she served as a Mother until her health failed.

Christella leaves to cherish: her

ve daughters, Marilyn (Timothy)

Williams, Melissa Levison, Lillian King, and Debra and Katrina

Levison. Christella adopted her granddaughter, Christina Levison,

and raised her as her own child. Christella also raised her daughter

Edwina’s three children, Candace, Jimmy, and Jacolby, a er

Edwina’s death. Christella also leaves nineteen grandchildren and

twenty-two great-grandchildren.

On October 11, 2025, at 5:15 PM, at 95 years of age, I thanked the

Lord I was redeemed and washed in his blood.