Obit of Ernest Young, 1943, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Carol Young Knight
Source:  Local Newspaper - 1943
Date: 1999


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Ernest Young was born on May 16, 1869, and passed to his reward after an
extended illness on April 10, 1943 at 6:00 p.m.  Funeral services were ably
conducted by the Rev. H.B. Crammer in the Methodist Church at Jonesville on
April 11, at 3:00 'clock Sunday afternoon, interment following in Harrisonburg
Cemetery in the presence of many sorrowing friends and relatives.

He was married to Miss Effie Blackman on January 14, 1900, who survives him.
Those besides his widow who mourn his passing are a daughter, Mrs. J.W. Peyton
of Shreveport, La.; two grandsons, E.Y. Peyton of Alaska and Joe, Jr. a high
school student in Shreveport; four sisters, Mrs. J.B. Ray of Hughes, Ark.;
Mrs. G.R. Hanks, of Gilbert, La.; Mrs. J.S. Chennault of Gilbert and Mrs. H.T.
Young of Florein, La.

He united with the Methodist Church in his early married life, to which faith
he was loyal to the end.

The widely known and universally respected aged citizen had led an active life
for many years.  He had operated farming properties of extensive proportions,
also had wide experience in the mercantile business, where he spent most of
his life in Catahoula Parish.  He was a leader in civic and other affairs of
interest to his community until 1927, at which time he suffered a stroke of
paralysis, rendering him an invalid the remaining years of his life.

(Note: Ernest Young was the son of William Young and Martha Elizabeth Hughes
of Catahoula Parish, La.)

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