Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rob,

It's been a year, but still seems like yesterday. I still think about you just about every day. It's hard not to. You will NEVER be forgotten no matter how much time passes. You will always be remembered for your smile (it was always there) and your dedication to not only your family, but our community and beyond. When I drive through Powhatan late at night, I think about the quiet serenity of our county the boys like you see (for the most part). A reflection of a slower, less hectic Powhatan like when we were kids. I wish things could have turned out differently. I understand why time is so precious. We have so little of it and we never know when our time will be up. You have such a strong family. They amaze me. You will always be a hero in my book. Chaytor is so lucky to have a dad like you. Until we all meet again . . .

Sheffie
friend

September 19, 2007

Robbie,

It's been a year since you left us. We miss you every day.
Chaytor remembers you alot. Tiffany sent a letter to Powhatan Today, and said that it would be nice for the county to honor you on the anniversary of you death by declaring September 20th as "Powhatan County Emergency Services Appreciation Day". Last Monday the Board of Supervisors declared by resolution that September 20th would be "Powhatan Emergency Service Day" as an annual event in your honor and memory. Your mother has a sign made by Sign Design to say that we appreciate their service. Mary has a very nice ad in Powhatan Today showing appreciation to the sheriff's department, rescue squad and fire departments for the work that they do in honoring you.

I want you to remember that a Fathers love is forever Amen.

Love You and Miss You
Pop

Charlie Green
Father

September 17, 2007

so I guess you know we did not come in last place at the tournament. Apparently Dehart stinks worse than us. I did manage to hit not one but two golf balls in your yard. Thank goodness Karen was not home as I am sure she would have yelled at me. And yes I rememeber that the army does more before 8 am than most people do all day. I will talk to you on the 20th, General.

john mattox

September 3, 2007

Hey Robbie,

Just thought id drop you a quick line man because I was thinking about ya. Ive thought about you quite a bit here lately. Coming up on 1 year since you been gone and we miss ya even more every day. I know your looking down on all of us. Talked to Karen the other day and she said Cha is potty trained and talking like crazy. Hes just a carbon copy of you. Just wanted to leave you a thought. Keep an eye over all of us bro. Til next time..

William Boelt
Brother and friend

August 26, 2007

Robbie,
Since you were a senior and I was just an 8th grader when we 1st met, I ALLWAYS looked up to you. From playing in the band to stacking hay on the Timberlake farm, I allways looked up to you. You influenced my decision to join the Army, and to become a firefighter. You helped me break to out of my shell at my 1st band camp in 1990. It seems like you and Karen were allways together. I will love and cherrish those memories. Even after 10 years of being gone from Powhatan, you would talk to me at Sheets or Brewsters when I was in town. I miss ya man. Karen, I pray for peace and comfort for you and your son. I have a little one also, so my heart breaks for him daily.
Until next time bro,
Jeremy

Jeremy Edwards Paramedic/Firefighter
Roanoke County Fire & Rescue

August 12, 2007

earl, the golf tournament is soon and Joe Turner and I are trying to figure out who we can find that plays on our level. You fit the bill last year. I still laugh thinking of you complaining about your house not being done..how being mad made you play worse..man, was that 1 year or 100 ago. Anyway I need you to suggest a replacement to share our jackass(last place) award with.
you being gone still sucks and always will
Don't forget the "riverdance" we won't... booya masterchief

john mattox

August 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Robbie's father, Charlie Green this past week at a Dixie Baseball tournament. The way Charlie tells the stories and passion in which Mr. Green expresses his proudness of Robbie indicates how special Deputy Green was. As we at the Montgomery County Sherif's Office prepare to remember one or our own lost on 21 Aug 06, I will ensure we remember Robbie in September. Our thoughts, well wishes and prayers are with you all!!!

Lt. Norman Croy
Montgomery Co. Sheriff's Office (VA)

July 30, 2007

Hey Baby! Things are going better. I still cry for you and miss you! I love you so much. I know i will see you again someday.

Karen
Wife

July 19, 2007

Yesterday was Chaytor's Birthday and we had our first family vacation without you. God, I was so lonley. I miss you baby! I wish you were here with us. Please watch over me and Cha!Love ya!

Karen
Wife

July 8, 2007

Earl.. just wanted to say hello. nothing new to report except the normal day to day drama that we always have to get involved in. Obviously you are on my mind but that is par for the course. No, I am not making fun of our golf games either. I will talk to you again soon.

john mattox

July 3, 2007

Its all coming back again. The pain and emptiness. I miss you baby! I only hope that you are watching over me and are there with me. I love you

Karen
wife

June 25, 2007

Robbie,

Just wanted to drop a line and tell you how much everyone still misses you. Your sense of humor and charisma made you a magnet for friendship, and we'll never have anyone else out here like you.

Keep us all safe, and I can't wait to see you again on the other side...

Taylor
Friend

May 30, 2007

Robbie,
It's Memorial Day weekend, Sunday afternoon and both the patriotic holiday and Sunday afternoons make me think of you. Thank you for your years in the Guard: we were so proud of your many contributions to the Commonwealth and I know when you decided to leave the Guard it was difficult because you loved it so much and gave so much to it BUT you loved Karen and Chaytor more and left the Guard for family life. And of course Sunday afternoons mean dinner here with you out in the backyard playing with all the children. I do intend to find a way to designate that back yard as your terrain-just haven't found THE right item but trust me, I will because I just can't go out there without thinking of you.
AND SO IT'S TIME FOR THE CHAYTOR REPORT: Wow! Chaytor's made so much progress in the year and 2 months since you and Karen enrolled him in the pre-school program. Last weekend while Mary Kathryn and Paige were here from Tennesse, he REALLY PLAYED with them, Robbie. He didn't keep to himself and walk back and forth along the perimeter of the yard-he PLAYED WITH THEM! They played T-ball and soccer (their own adaptations of course). He laughed with them. By the way, his sense of humor is coming along in the true tradition of Greens and Harrisons and it isn't unusual for him to say "Isn't that funny?" We get such a kick out of him. After supper the 3 little ones were seated on the deck steps with popsickles and all of a sudden Chaytor stands up, holds his popsickle in the air and announces "Red", sat back down looking at Paige who caught on immediately and stood, repeated his action and said "Orange" *her color pop, the up came Mary Kathryn saying "Purple". They all laughed and laughed and then kept it going for a while! WE were so tickled that Chaytor INVENTED the game!
Also: he's eating more things and more often, too. He ate Jello at OT last week and really liked it.
I took him to the Great Big Greenhouse Thursday after OT and speech: he was amazed to see all those flowers and just as we were leaving he said "Flowers, flowers, all over the place, Nena" (one day he may call me NANA but I don't care-I waited so long to hear him say it, I'll take it anyways he wants to say it".
By the way, he talked to me on the phone today-not just laughing and looking at the phone but he really talked.
I cannot help but feel that Chaytor has you by his side, Robbie: keep that guiding light there for him and for all of us. We truly do miss you and this summer's family vacation will be lonely without you.
Oh, by the way, did I tell you I got to keep him while everyone else went to DC? There was no way I could see him left with "others" for 3 days and I'm so glad I had that time with him. He's catching on to gardening (well, he did help put a few petunias) and he learns the names of all the flowers quickly.
Best go get started on a Sunday dinner: it'll only be Zack and Reilly joining Roy and me tonight b/c K&Richard are at a wedding and Karen and Chaytor are at a cook out with the neighbors at The Links.
We all sure miss you, Robbie: we will never stop loving you.
mary

Mary Harrison
Mother in law

May 27, 2007

Robbie,
I'm a long time friend and former prison sergeant
to Scott A.Wertz, EOW 8-6-06. Your brother Jason was nice
enough to write on Scott's page and I would like to return
the favor. I would like to thank YOU for making the
ultimate sacrifice and being a "HERO".

Jason, we our all in this together... your
brother is watching you honor him every day....
and always remember, HEROES live forever....


Slinger........

Rick Genslinger

May 20, 2007

Hey Green,
Just wanted to write again and let you know I'm thinking of you and your family. This past week was one filled with emotions. It was a real privledge to go to Washington and honor you along with all the others that have died in the line of duty. The service there was one I will never forget. To stand and watch the survivors file in with all the children was a feeling I can't describe other than to say it was one of the saddest times of my life. The service in Chesterfield was also very nice and very moving. Working in this line of work you know that death is a possibility but you have no idea the impact it has until it is "one of your own." We truly are a family and loosing you has been terible but I think it has brought our department closer. Again, it was a priveledge and honor to have worked with you my last seven years before retirement.

Sgt. Tommy Broughton, Retired
Powhatan Co. Sheriff's Office

May 20, 2007

Robbie,
Tiffany and I visit Scott Wertz’s Reflections quite a bit to read all the nice things he too has done and to feel the closeness that his family share with him. They are very special people and reading the poems and songs helps me when I am searching for some comfort. I sat beside his two sons and the rest of his family while waiting to board the buses at the hotel to go to the memorial service. I wanted to introduce myself, although I didn’t quite know what to say as we were all sitting there waiting for another day filled with emotion to get started. His sons gave me memories as I just sat there watching them interact of how we used to act when we were supposed to be sitting and behaving. Their Grandmother had to sit between them at one point to separate them just like we used to need to be separated as young kids. I wanted to leave a song for you. I heard it on the radio the morning I returned to work after taking time off from losing you. I know you “shine on” for everyone. I Love You and Miss You.

Please don't cry
You know I'm leaving here tonight
Before I go I want you to know that there will always be a light

And if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away

So many times I'd planned
To be much more than who I am
And if I let you down I will follow you 'round until you understand

That if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away

When the days all seem the same
Don't feel the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
I will shine on, for everyone

So please don't cry
Although I leave you here this night
Where ever I may go how far I don't know
But I will always be your light

That if the moon had to runaway
And all the stars didn't wanna play
Don't waste the sun on a rainy day
The wind will soon blow it all away

When the days all seem the same
Don't feel the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
I will shine on, for everyone
When the days all seem the same
Don't feel the cold or wind or rain
Everything will be okay
We will meet again one day
I will shine on, for everyone

Jason
Brother

May 18, 2007

My Robbie G:

I've not written before because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to say. On Tuesday, Unit 1 (along with #2, #3 and #13) arranged a bus for us to come to DC to honor you at the Memorial Ceremony. What a glorious ceremony it was! I had a chance to speak to Karen and she appeared very strong. I was only able to see your Mom and Dad, Charlie Jr and Jason from a distance and wasn't able to hug any of them but I hope they know I was there to help hold them up. Their faces spoke volumes.

The accident was an eternity ago and yet, it seems like yesterday. I miss you, Robbie G. and think of you often, especially when I'm heading out the door for a cigarette. I ran into Karen and Chaytor at Food Lion yesterday afternoon and Chaytor is SOOOOO big. And, imagine this - he was SHY. He is truly a "spit" of his dad.

Please know that Unit #27 will live forever at PSO.
Until we speak again, may God hold you safely in his hands.

Hugs, kisses and tears,
Annie R.

Annie R
PSO Patrol

May 17, 2007

Robbie, even though eight months is passing since you were here with us all I still can’t believe that you are gone. I always find myself looking for you while I drive the roads of Powhatan. I also turn my head to the side because I think you are standing there or walking behind me. I have to tell you Robbie that I do believe that there is more out there, that there are things that are in front of us and we just can’t see them. I also believe that you are with us all and I know that you are doing your best to watch over us as you did when you were here. Before leaving for D.C. I tried to write this to you. I had so many thoughts and feelings that I just couldn’t complete before wanting to get up there to honor you. Robbie, I told myself that the trip was for you and I planned to have only you on my mind. I knew that was the purpose for going of which I was so honored to be able to experience. But once I arrived I saw hundreds and hundreds of people who also lost their own “Robbie”. There were people from across the whole country and even some from other countries. It was the toughest thing seeing so many children that lost there “Robbie”. I was proud to be there, I was honored to be there for you. The guys were the best. Robbie you surely mean a lot to them. It was so nice having John and Brad to lean on at the wall. I will always remember that and I will always remember those pennies. It was also nice to see Mr. Broughton and Tim as we turned to enter the seating area. It really meant a lot to me having them all there so I can only imagine how nice it felt for you. I spent a lot of time with John and Brad. Charlie did too. They are all a part of our family. I wish I could have been with Adam more because I know you looked up to him so much as we can all see why. He was busy the entire time with all the logistics and just making sure everyone was there and there together. Robbie we were indeed all there together to honor you and all of your fallen brothers. I Love You Bro!

Jason
Brother

May 16, 2007

Robbie The events at Washington were something that no one could imagine if they had not experienced it. The motorcades, the police officers lined up in respect to the families and the candlelight vigil and the wall and to close with the memorial ceremony. It was so very touching to experience. At the wall Sunday Night after the vigil a young policeman from New Jersey came to us and introduced hisself and his wife,he had riden his bike from New Jersey in your honor, he rode over 300 miles. Josh rode 87 miles and John and the other from PSO rode 70 miles or so I think he said, but so many showed their support to the family and to you throughout the events. Robbie, your mother received a hug and a kiss from George Bush and she asked for his autograph. Karen and your mom received a very nice medal of valor for the exterme sacrifice that you made in protecting your community. Chaytor is doing ok, Roy was telling me about his and Chaytors trip to Dollywood and how much Chaytor enjoyed the rides. You would be so proud of Chaytor he looks so much like you looked at that age. Karen, Charlie and Jason shedded some tears at the wall and I know that it was an event that brought all of us closer together. I know you were there especially at the closing of the memorial ceremony when the song was sung and everyone was waving their blue ribbon, well the wind came and the blue ribbons were waving in the breeze. I could only feel that their was 147 angels in blue hovering over us. Robbie we all love you and miss you and want to feel your presents with us. Until next time love Dad

Dad
Father

May 16, 2007

Earl- Well, we finished our bike for blue bicycle ride. It went well. Everyone did so well. I know you were helping me on some of those hills. I wish you could have seen the guys in the shirts I ordered us. FAT BOYS IN LITTLE SHIRTS! I also know that you were there in D.C. when we were lost. I know you were laughing. The locals up there were annoyed by us country boys. I saw your family in D.C. and it was good to see them pressing on and doing well. When I visited the wall, and I saw your name, it was an overwhelming moment. I sure do miss your quirky smile and laugh. I am just soooo glad I got to ride in your memory this weekend. I am going to be in the metro richmond honor guard on Thursday in Chesterfield in your memory. I will get to pin your rose on the wreath. I feel honored. Just please don't let me miss a step because there is going to be a lot of people there. Look after us, keep us safe and strong. See ya brother.

Dep. Josh Tackett
Friend and co-worker

May 15, 2007

Robbie,
I wanted to let you know that I think of you often. Things just aren't the same without you around. I will never forget when we used to work together and I would always give you a hard time. Not too long ago I came through a checking detail that you and Mattox were working. Of course, you both were giving me a hard time like you always did! We had some good times through high school and working at PSO. You are sorely missed. I talked to Karen the other day at the tanning salon. She looks really good and is such a strong woman. We talked of you and Chaytor. He's such a cutie. We are all there for Karen and Chaytor and will always be. After working at PSO, I have realized that everyone there is my "extended" family. Losing you has been difficult for all. But, you live on in all of our hearts and we will see you again!
Leslie Franklin

Leslie Frankin
Friend (previous co-worker)

May 14, 2007

Robbie, Mary and I took Chaytor to the Fighting Creek Park yesterday. We walked the trails and looked at the flowers. I was not sure that he remembered you until yesterday. I am now convinced that he does. Your son has the memory of an elephant. There is no doubt that you will always be a major influence in his life.

Roy Harrison
Father-in-law

May 14, 2007

Good Morning, baby. Well, here we go. The next few days are all for you. The boys are starting their ride soon. I am looking forward to spending time with Charlie and Jason. I don't see them much.

It's almost been 8 months, feels like eternity. I miss you. I love you.
Karen

Karen
wife

May 13, 2007

Well, a lot is coming up in the next few weeks. I met the widow from Montgomery county last week at the Sheriff's Conference. We have a lot in common. I met thier sheriff, too- and his wife. They said they could tell I was a strong woman. What do you say to that? They were really nice. As you know, they have been dealing with the Tech Massacre. I am sure you have made some new friends up there and make sure you tell them that you are a Hokie my marriage!

D.C. is coming soon. That is really going to be hard, but I have my boys with me and I know they will stand with me. I still can't believe you are gone. Carolyn and I had a good cry this morning. I know you were watching over us!

Well, I will see a lot of our friends tonight. We all miss you terribly. I love you.

Karen

Karen
wife

April 28, 2007

HEY EARL-WELL ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL WE RIDE TO DC. I'M SCARED TO DEATH FOR SEVERAL REASONS-ONE DANNY SMITH IS FOLLOWING US UP IN THE VAN AND I KNOW HE IS GOING TO"ACCIDENATLLY HIT" ME.SECONDLY,EVERYONE INCLUDING KAREN SAYS I NEED TO USE SOME STUFF CALLED "BUTT PASTE" TO PREVENT CHAFFING ON THE LONG RIDE. OH WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ONE DAY. AND YOU SAID I DIDN'T LOVE YOU. LASTLY CHARLIE AND JASON WANT TO GO OUT MONDAY AND I DO NOT WANT TO GO JAIL IN DC. THAT'S LIKE TIJUANA PRISON I HEARD. GOOD THING WE ALL HAVE TATS NOW. WE CAN BLEND.
BUT SERIOUSLY,I FINALLY HAVE BEGUN TO FEEL A LITTLE MORE ME AGAIN BUT NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK OF YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
TAC TEAM STUFF IS GOOD. WE ARE GETTING CALLED OUT ALOT.ONCE A WEEK OR SO AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO PROOVE OUR WORTH I THINK OR MORE LIKELY FOLKS ARE FINALLY TAKING NOTE.WE ARE GOING TO PICKETT IN MAY AND I HOPE TO SEE YOUR DAD WHILE WE ARE THERE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE THERE LAST AND HE CAME TO SEE US. CHUCK HOOKED US UP AGAIN AND COWAN IS THERE NOW TOO.
WELL I AM SURE YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW ALL THIS ANYWAY SO I WILL GO BUT WITHOUT SOUNDING TO CLICHE ,WE DO MISS YOU P.S.I HOPE NO ENGLISH TEACHERS READ THIS STUFF OR I WILL GET ANOTHER"F"
TIP OF THE SWORD,RIGHT?

John Mattox

April 25, 2007