Ida Pearl Green is remembered as matriarch, church member, the “Avon Lady,” and a person who touched countless lives in her 106 years.
More than 100 people attended Green’s funeral service Monday morning at Fairhaven United Methodist Church on Darnestown Road. Green died this month on April 17, two months short of her 107th birthday.
During the service, family members recalled memories of Green as loving, strong, gentle, and always active in her community and her family.
Green always kept her faith and hope, even when dealing with hardship at a young age — as a six-year-old, medical issues almost led to her foot being amputated, and in her 20s, her first husband died in a car accident while she was pregnant with her first son.
She joined the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church at age 12. The church has since joined Fairhaven, where Green continued in leadership roles like President of the United Methodist Women.
Green stayed on her feet and eventually became known as the “Avon Lady.” She started selling in the 50s and never missed submitting an order.
All her life, she participated in her community — by caring for the neighborhood kids while she was a stay-at-home mother, working, serving in different organizations, volunteering, and of course, being active in church.
Green’s legacy is preserved in a book and documentary created by her grandchildren — “The Making of A Pearl” is written by Green’s granddaughter and county health officer Dr. Kisha Davis. “Finding Fellowship” was directed by her grandson and local filmmaker Jason Green.
