Watauga County NcArchives Obituaries.....Young, J. Edgar February 5, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bunny Horton phinhorton@bellsouth.net March 17, 2007, 4:10 pm Watauga Democrat J. Edgar Young, Former Watauga Sheriff, Dies J. Edgar Young, 74, passed away Friday afternoon at the home of a son, Fred Young in Blowing Rock. He had served as sheriff of Watauga county from 1915 to 1922, and was a retired farmer. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Little White Reformed Church in Blowing Rock. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The body will be removed to the home of his son, Fred Young, this afternoon, from the Greer Funeral Home. Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Lena Hartley and Mrs. Mary Ford, both of Blowing Rock; four sons, Fred, Jim and Roy Young, all of Blowing Rock, and Johnny Young, Jr., of St. Petersburg, Fla.; 27 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren. He was the son of the late S. W. and Mary McCoin Young. His wife passed away May 14, 1951. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/watauga/obits/y/young529gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb