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Submitted: 10/1/19 • Approved: 10/1/19 • Last Updated: 10/4/19 • R207988-G207988-S3
A memorial service for Charles Russell (Charlie) Young, Jr., 80, of Gainesville, is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Chapel with Rev. Larry Kremling officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.
Mr. Young passed away May 19, 2013 in Gainesville. He was born May 10, 1933 to Charles Russell and Louise Lydstone Young, Sr. in Gloucester Massachusetts.
Charlie was one of a kind and was befriended by many. Charlie retired from the City of Gainesville Utilities Department in 1987 after thirty years of service. He owned and operated Young's Rubber Stamps for over forty years and he was the operator of several water and wastewater systems in the area. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and was stationed in Wichita Falls when he met the girl he would marry, Mary Lou. After retirement, you seldom saw Charlie without his wife Mary Lou beside him. He later was stationed in Waco, Tx. where their first son Ronny was born. They moved to Gainesville in 1956 where Charlie became the meter reader for the City of Gainesville. In 1957 they had their second son Donald Russell and then in 1960 there third son Kenneth Ray was born. Charlie served as a coach for all three of his sons Little League teams and seldom missed any activities that they were involved with. Charlie believed that you had to work for everything that you got and worked very hard to obtain his GED and then began attending night classes at what is now North Central Texas College where he graduated in 1974. He was a member of the Texas Water Utilities Association for over 50 years and missed only a couple of monthly meetings during that time. Charles was loved by many for the special person that he was!
He is survived by sons and daughters-in-law Ronny and Debbie Young of Lake Kiowa, Tx., Donny Young and India Atteberry of Gainesville, and Kenny and Mija Young of Denton, Tx.; and sister and brother-in-law Ronnie and Charlene Newman of Gloucester, Ma. He is also survived by six grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two nieces and several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 58 years Mary Lou Winters Young.
Funeral service for Mary Lou Young 79, of Gainesville are set for Saturday March 30, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Harvey Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Jordon Johnson officating with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday March 29, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Geo. J. Carroll and Son funeral home. Mary Lou passed away on March 28, 2013 in Gainesville.
Mary was born on December 14, 1933 in Gainesville, Texas to Issac Mason and Hallie Evelyn Holder Winters Mary was the oldest of seven children. Mary was a lifelong resident of Gainesville where she graduated from Newsom Daugherty Memorial High School.. She married Charles Young on April 3, 1954 in Gainesville. Mary Lou was a longtime employee of Lone Star Gas. she retired after 30 years of service. Mary Lou was a faithful member of Harvey Street Baptist Church where she played the piano and organ and also sang in the choir. She had a love of music that she passed down to her three sons.
Mary Lou is survived by her husband Charles Young, sons and daughters in law Ronny and Debbie Young of Lake Kiowa, Donny Young of Gainesville and Kenny and Mija Young of Denton, six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, brothers Bill Winters of Gainesville, John Winters of Fremont Calif.and sister Martha Bond of Gainesville She.was preceded in death by brothers Jerry Winters, Samuel Winters, sister Phoebe Winters. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.
Contributed on 10/1/19 by dshw
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