Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Younts, Willie A. Camp, 1985 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

WILLIE ANTOINETTE CAMP YOUNTS

WILLIE CAMP YOUNTS, FRANKLIN NATIVE AND NOTED PHILANTHROPIST

   FRANKLIN - Willie Camp Younts, 92, of The Elms, 1717 Clay Street, wife of 
Charles R. Younts, a retired petroleum executive, died Sunday in her Atlanta 
home.

   Mrs. Younts, who with her husband was known for her philanthropist works, 
was born in Franklin.

   After her marriage in 1930, she lived in various eastern states before 
moving to Atlanta in 1941, where Mr. Younts was president and later chairman 
of the board of Plantation Pipe Line Co.

   She was a member of Second Ponce De Leon Baptist Church and chairman of its 
building committee.  She maintained a life interest in civic and social 
activities and had served as a member of the boards of Henrietta Egleston 
Children's Hospital and the Church's Homes of Business Girls Inc.

   She was the Georgia state regent for the Kenmore Association and was 
president of the Neighborhood Garden Club and the Garden Clubs of Atlanta

   She was a graduate of Hollins College and had been awarded the Hollins 
Medal in recognition of her contributions to the college and to American 
society.  She also had received the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award, presented 
to individuals for their "spirit of love for the helpfulness to other men and 
women."

   Since graduating from Hollins, she had assisted many students in attending 
the institution through gifts and scholarships and had served as a member of 
the board of trustees, the Hollins Alumnae Association and the Committee for 
Annual Giving.  She was a member of the Piedmont Driving Club and the Capitol 
City Club.  In Franklin, she had made possible the construction of the Willie 
Camp Younts Public Safety Building.

   Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. R.S. Marks of Boykins; and nieces 
and nephews.

   The funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Franklin Baptist 
Church by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, with 
Wright Funeral Home in charge.


[Willie Antoinette (CAMP; Mrs. Charles R.) YOUNTS, civic leader, 
 b. Franklin, d. 30 Jun 1985, at home, Atlanta, GA, age 92, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 114*), Franklin, 
    3 Jul 1985, 
 "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA)] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
     Poplar Spring list:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt] 

[Obit of husband Charles Rolphi YOUNTS (1892-1985) posted at:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/y532c1ob.txt] 

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Parker C. Agelasto & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/y532w1ob.txt