Obit: E. Lee Young, 2000, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor,
111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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The News-Star, Tuesday, March 28, 2000

E. LEE YOUNG
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Ruston, LA

RUSTON, LA - Services for E. Lee Young, 89, of Ruston will be held at
10:30 AM Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at Trinity United Methodist Church
Sanctuary with Rev.  Fred Wideman, Rev.  Rolly Walker, Dr., Doug
McGuire, and Rev. Jimmy Pyles officiating.

Interment will be in Vienna Cemetery in Vienna, LA with Masonic
Graveside Rites under the direction of Kilpatrick Fu-neral Home of
Ruston.

Mr. Young died Monday, March 27, 2000 in Ruston, LA following a short
illness.

E. Lee Young was born in Catahoula Parish near Jonesville on March 27,
1911, the son of Ernest Lee Young, Jr.,and Annie Cotton Young.  He
graduated from Block High School in Jonesville and at-tended Louisiana
Tech University.  He was an active merchant in Jonesville and Ruston
where he founded E. Lee Companies Inc.  He was an active member of the
United Methodist Church and served on the official Boards of the
Jonesville and Trinity Churches. He was a 50 year member of several
Masonic Bodies includ-ing 4 Rivers Lodge of Jonesville and Ruston Lodge
#106 where he served as Master. He also served on the State Grand Lodge
as an appointed official twice.  He was a member of the Ruston Kiwanis
Club for nearly 50 years and served on the Board of Directors. He served
on the Board of Directors of the Ruston State Bank and Heritage
Financial Corporation for 26 years. He was an active sup-porter of the
Louisiana Tech University having served as a member of the Board of
Direc-tors of the Greater Tech Foundation.  He was elected to the Town
Council of Jonesville and served as Mayor Protem of the Town.

Mr. Young was pre-ceded in death by a brother, H. T. Young of Jonesville
and sis-ter Sarah Elizabeth Young of Houston, TX.

Survivors are his wife of 62 years: Armede Wilks Young; son: Ernest L.
Young III and wife, Andrea; daughter: Sarah Beth Vosburg and husband,
Bill; eight grandchildren: Ernest L. Young IV and wife, Cathy; Vir-ginia
Gay Young; Roxanne Young, all of Ruston, LA; Lori Cupps and husband,
Brian of St. Louis, MO; Grace Young of Cincinnati, OH; Eddie Vosburg and
wife, Erica; Mark Vosburg, Michael Vosburg and wife, Lind-sey all of
Dallas, TX; and two great grandsons, Jacob Cupps Of St. Louis, MO, and
Will Vosburg of Dallas, TX; He is al-so survived by two brothers: Dayton
B. Young and wife, Lu-cille of Jonesville, LA; and R. Dale Young and
wife, Martha of Farmerville, LA; two sisters: Ef-fie Elaine Carter of
Arcadia, LA; and Myrtle Bartmess of Jonesville, LA.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be the  Ruston Kiwanis Club, The Directors of
the Heritage Finan-cial Corporation, Travis Melton and Bill Best.

Visitation will be from 5 PM until 8 PM Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at the
funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the E.
Lee and Armede W. Young endowment at Louisiana Tech University or to
Trinity United Methodist Church.