Obit for Mrs. Elizabeth Young
Submitted by:  Carol Young Knight
Source:  Jonesville newspaper, Catahoula Parish, La. August 27, 1937

Mrs. Elizabeth Young, 80, dies on Sunday - Survived by a large family of 35 
grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  Mrs. Elizabeth Young, 
affectionately known as "Grandma" Young, for many years a resident of 
Jonesville, passed away Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs. 
Laura Hotart, following a long and painful illness.  About a year ago 
Mrs.Young suffered a stroke, which made an invalid of her until her death.

Funeral services were conducted at the Trinity Baptist Church in Jonesville 
Monday afternoon at 3:30, with Rev. Miley, Baptist pastor of Harrisonburg, 
having charge, and being assisted by Rev. K.C. Seawright and Rev. C.C. 
Fairbanks of this place.  Interment followed in the Harrisonburg Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were:  Messrs Lee Young, H.T. Young, Tom Carraway, Archie 
Carraway and Ernest Hotard.  Honorary pallbearers were:  Rev. C.C. Fairbanks, Messrs. H.W. Wriht, J.R. Boyd, C.E. Boyd, A.J. Swayze, E.W. Dayton, Sr., Leon Kirby, J.A. Guss, J.M. Kirby, Sr., and Dr. C.E. Enete;

Mrs. Young was well known throughout Catahoula Parish, where she had a host 
of friends.  She was married to the late Thomas Young, who before his death 
was a familiar figure on the streets of Jonesville,  Mr. and Mrs. Young spent their early married life in Trinity and Jonesville, where they reared a large family.

Surviving are the following children:  Rev. Henry young, Weslaco, Texas; Mrs. Laura Hotard, Jonesville; Mrs. Oscar Bartlett, Shreveport; Ernest Young, William Young and Howard Young, all of Jonesville; and 35 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

(Note:  Elizabeth Peyton Cornwell was the daughter of William M. Cornwell and Elizabeth Squyres, born October 14, 1857 - died August 21, 1937.  Married to Henry Thomas "Tom" Young c 1873)




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