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G. Graham Green III
Graham Green, a businessman and musician from Stafford, was an exuberant presence in the community
Date published: 2/24/2006
By RUSTY DENNEN G. Graham Green III, a Fredericksburg Realtor and longtime Rotarian, was a regular on flights with friends to watch Wake Forest University basketball. He had season tickets and loved to see the North Carolina team play. Green, 57, a well-known businessman and musician from Stafford County, was among four area men who died in Wednesday night's crash of a small airplane near Stafford Regional Airport. His son, Graham Green IV remembered his father yesterday, hours after getting news of the crash. "He was a great guy. Everyone loved him. He'd go into a restaurant, and he'd know at least five people there," the younger Green said. "That's how well liked he was." "Rick [Potter] was an excellent pilot. He and Rick would go every other week or so to Wake Forest games. They had a couple rough landings, but there was never really a problem," Green said. Potter had invited the younger Green to go along on Wednesday's flight. "But I had to work, and I really didn't feel safe flying in a little airplane," he said. Green, 29, joined his father in his Caroline Street business, Green and Associates Realty, six years ago and is now vice president. Garrett Green, 24, his younger brother, was preparing to leave a job in Charlottesville to join the company, at 1122 Caroline St. Graham Green III's wife, Carole, also works at the office. Thurman "T" Campbell, a friend of Green's, a pilot and chairman of the Stafford Regional Airport Authority, also declined an invitation to fly down to see the game. He, Potter, Green and Jacoby were all members of the Stafford Rotary Club, of which Green was a founding member. "I was supposed to go with them [Wednesday], but my wife was sick and I had to cancel," said Campbell. He said that on a previous flight home on Potter's Lancair LC-41 four-seater, the basketball buddies had to divert from Shannon Airport to Stafford Regional Airport due to a strong cross wind. On Wednesday night, Campbell recalled, "I said to my wife--we were watching the weather--so coincidentally, I said, 'Gee, I hope the guys made it back before the ground fog set in.'"
Date published: 2/24/2006
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