Obit for John S. Young - Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Carol Young Knight
Source:  Old local newspaper - 1929
Date: 1999


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John S. Young was born March 9, 1837; was called to his reward May 23, 1929,
having reached the unusual age of 92 years, 2 months and 14 days.  Another
unusual blessing of this life was that of being spared the companionship of
his wife for more than sixty years, who preceded him five years ago, during
which time he has made his home with a niece, Mrs. C.A. Wilkinson of Archie,
La., who proved a faithful nurse and guardian throughout the entire time of
his blind and almost helpless condition.  A short while before his ninety-
first birthday, he underwent an operation in the Natchez Sanitarium for the
removal of a defective eyeball, which had caused him much suffering.
Notwithstanding his blindness, he was unusually strong in body and mind for
a man of his mature years.  He was a Confederate Veteran and fought in many
battles of the Civil War with honor and distinction serving the entire four
years until peace was declared.  His faith was strong in the Methodist
belief, of which church he was a member.  Although he could not see to read,
he committed to memory the words of his favorite hymn - "There's Nothing
Between My Soul and My Savior," and oftimes remarked that he saw his way
clearly and there was really "nothing in the way; he was waiting God's
summons to lift him to higher ground."

I never stand about a bier and see The Seal of death set on some well
beloved face But that I think, "One more to welcome me, When I shall cross
the intervening space Between this land and that one over there One more to
make the strange beyond seem fair. And so for me there is no sting of death
And so the grave has lost its victory It is but crossing - with abated
breath And white, set face - a little strip of sea To find our loved ones
waiting on the shore More beautiful, more precious than before. Mrs. J.S.
Chennault

(Note:  John Stone Young was the son of Absalom Young and Eliza Stone
Harvey. He is buried in the Forsythe Cemetery near Jena, La. with a CSA
marker - Co.G, 11 La. Inf.)

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