Obituary;  Excell E. Young, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: January 2005



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Services for Excell Edward Young, age 81 of West Monroe will be held at 2 p.m., 
Friday, December 24, 2004 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with 
Rev. Shane Duke officiating.  Interment will follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery 
in Grayson.

Mr. Young was born on June 20, 1923 in Clarks, Louisiana to the union of William 
Paul and Emma Sherron Young  and died Monday, December 20, 2004 at the Glenwood 
Regional Medical Center in West Monroe.

He was a retired engineer with Cities Service Oil Co. in Lindsay, OK. He was also 
a member of the First Baptist Church in Lindsay. He served in the Air Force during 
World War II and was a member of the Clarks Masonic Lodge #382 with 50 years of 
service.                                          

He was preceded in death by his parents: his son: Gary Young, his grandson: Scotty 
Young, his brother: Paul Young, Jr. and his sisters: Ovis Masters and Blanche Delcuca.                  

Survivors include his wife of 62 years: Jewel Woodruff Young of West Monroe, his sons: 
Eddie Young and his wife: Mary of Austin, TX, Charlie Young and his wife: Dawn of Cedar 
City, UT and Bobby Young of West Monroe, his daughter: Carleen Young of Salt Lake City, 
UT, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, his extended family: Faye and James 
Turner of Wisner, Tilda and Waymond Calhoun, Binus and Barbara Duke, Jerry and Elaine 
Duke, Melba and Ben Nichols and Judy and Mark Meredith all of Columbia and a host of 
nieces and nephews.

Masons will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until time 
of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia, La.