In Alphabetical Order by Surname
YEAGER, Margaret Miller (1927-1949)
Mrs. Yeager Buried At Campaign Cemetery
Mrs. Margaret Yeager, 22, died in a Memphis hospital August 3, after an illness of three weeks. A resident of Houston, Texas, she was visiting her parents at the time she became ill. The body was returned here for burial with funeral services being conducted August 5, at Friendship church of Campaign. Burial was in the Friendship cemetery. Mrs. Yeager was a daughter of William Herbert Miller and Gladys Lockridge Miller and was born February 16, 1927, at Red Bay, Ala. She was married to Vernon Yeager, who survives. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Yeager is survived by one son, William Vernon Yeager, and one daughter, Margaret Ann Yeager, both of Houston, Texas; and two brothers, Gordon Miller, Jr., Army Air Corps, Tampa, Fla. High's were in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Aug. 19, 1949, p. 6.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
YORK, Albert (circa 1887 - 1953) (Colored)
Albert York’s Rites Held At Martin’s Charge
Albert York, 66, retired colored farmer, died at the home of Arthur B. Martin, where he had made his home in the second district Wednesday evening at 10:15 o’clock. He had been ill a month.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Martin’s Charge Methodist Church. Ben M. Bates, Church of Christ minister, officiated and burial was in Martin’s Charge cemetery.
A native of Warren county, York was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by a son, William York, Hartwell, W.Va., a grandson, William York, Jr. and a sister, Crotha Gribble, Cleveland, Ohio.
High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thurs, Dec 17, 1953, p. 24.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
YORK, Joe Laverne (????-1951)
Pfc. York's Body Enroute Home
The remains of Pfc. Joe L. York, who died while fighting with the Seventh Calvalry Regiment in Korea, are now en-route to the United States and will be returned to his home here for re-burial. Defense Department orders received here last week stated that the body of Pfc.York was being returned aboard an Army transport. No date for arrival here was given.
Pfc. York, son of Mr.and Mrs. Joe N. York of Morrison, was killed in action on October 3. He had been serving with the First Cavalry Division since his assignment to Korean duty. He entered the service January 4, while an employee of General Shoe Corporation's plant here, and was sent overseas at the completion of basic training with the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Breckinridge, Ky. He arrived in Japan on June 1 and was assigned to Korea four days later.
In addition to his parents, Pfc. York is survived by a sister and a half-brother.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Friday, Jan 11, 1952, p. 1
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
Bodies Of Three War Dead Arrive In United States
The bodies of three Warren county soldiers, killed in action in Korea, arrived in the United States, along with the bodies of ten other Tennesseans who have given their lives in defense of their country.
Arriving in San Francisco, Calif. en-route here for re-burial were the bodies of: Pfc. Herbert Turner, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess W. Turner of Turner's Bend community, 5th district. Pfc. Joe L. York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. York, Morrison. Pfc. Donald L. Hash, son of Rev. and Mrs. John Hash of Campaign. Military escorts will accompany the bodies home. No arrival date here has as yet been announced by the Defense Department. High Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements for the burial of the three servicemen.
Pfc Turner was killed in action on September 3 while he fought as a member of a 75 mm rifle arms with the 17th Infantry Regiment on the Korean form.
Pfc. York lost his life on October 3 while fighting with the 1st Cavalry Division and Pfc. Hash was killed in action with the Second Infantry Division.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Fri, 18 Jan 1952, p. 1.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
Rites Sunday At Shady Grove For Pfc. Joe L. York
Funeral rites for Pfc. Joe L. York, killed in action in Korea, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Shady Grove Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Rowland Whitlock and Rev Earl J. Rigsby and burial will be in the Shady Grove cemetery. High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The body of Pfc York, the first of three Korean war dead due to arrive here in the next few days, will be returned tomorrow, arriving at Tullahoma at 3:55 p.m. Pfc York, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. York of Morrison, was killed in action October 3, 1951, while serving with the First Cavalry Division's 7th Regiment. A native of Warren county, Pfc. York was born near Morrison and attended elementary and high schools there. At the time of his induction into the service on January 4, 1951, he was an employee of General Shoe Corporation's McMinnville plant. The soldier received his basic training with the 101st airborne Division at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., and arrived in Japan for overseas duty on June 1. For a time, after being assigned to Korea, Pfc. York was a security guard at the UN and Communist peace negotiation camp but was later assigned to combat action, where he met his death. In addition to his parents, the Morrison serviceman is survived by a sister, Mrs. Alvin Gross, Morrison, and a half-brother, S1/c Jesse W. (Willard) Tenpenny, Pine Camp, N.Y.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Fri, 1 Feb 1952, p. 1.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2001]
MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our dear son, Laverne who was killed in Korea two years ago Saturday, October 3.When Shades of night are falling
and we sit here all alone,
in our heart his memory lingers
sweetly, tender, fond and true.
How we miss the welcome footsteps
of the one we loved so dear.
Often we listen for his coming,
fully sure he was near.
Thou art gone but not forgotten.
Sadly missed by his Mother and Dad.Mr. and Mrs. Joe York
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1953, p. 16.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
YOUNG, EDNA POSS (1907 - 1953)
Mrs. Edna Young Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Edna Poss Young, wife of Winfred Young died at Medical Clinic Monday morning at 7 o’clock. She was 45. In ill health for some two years, Mrs. Young suffered a stroke only a short time prior to her death. Funeral rites were conducted yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at Whorton Springs Baptist Church with Felix Cantrell officiating. Burial was in Whorton Springs cemetery. Mrs. Young, native of Warren county, was born September 14, 1907. She was a daughter of John Poss and Eliza Vaughn Poss and she was married to Mr. Young April 21, 1929. The Young family had resided at 122 Oak Street in McMinnville for the past year. Survivors, in addition to her husband, are four sons, Winfred, Jr., James D., Doyle G. and J.E. Nelson Young and one daughter, Mrs. Eugene Evans, all of McMinnville; a brother, Hershell Poss, McMinnville, one grandchild; two half-brothers, J.C. Adcock, Sparta, and Richard Adcock, Smithville, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Herbert Knowles and Mrs. Edward Taylor, both of Smithville. Arrangements were by Love-Cantrell Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, April 9, 1953, p. 8.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000]
YOUNG, JOHN MARION (circa 1875 - 1953)
Retired Worker Found Dead At Tanyard Springs
John Marion (Jack) Young, about 78, retired nursery worker and laborer, was found dead at his home at Tanyard Springs Friday afternoon about 2 o’clock. Chief Deputy Sheriff W.T. Sircey, who investigated, said the man had been dead presumably about 10 or 12 hours. There was no evidence of foul play, the officer pointed out. Funeral services for Mr. Young were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the chapel of High Funeral Home. Mack Langford, minister of Mt. Leo Church of Christ , officiated and burial was in Hopewell cemetery. Mr. Young was as son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ace Young and had lived in the McMinnville area for a number of years. there are no immediate survivors. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, April 9, 1953, p. 9.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
YOUNG, Lida C. (1915-1959)
Mrs. L. C. Young Dies Of Wounds
Mrs. Lida C. Young, age 44, died Sunday afternoon at her Route 1, Rock Island home of a self-inflicted bullet wound in the temple. Coroner Tommy Love ruled the death a suicide. Funeral services are incomplete but will be announced later by High Funeral Home. Mrs. Young was born February 4, 1915, in Van Buren County and was the daughter of I.B. Haston and Emma Lewis. She was married to Robert Henry Young July 3, 1935. He survives. Survivors besides Mr. Young are two sons, Glenn Montgomery Young, Germany and Robert Harold Young, Rock Island; mother, Mrs. Emma Lewis Haston, Van Buren; two brothers, Robert C. and Ray Haston, Van Buren, and one sister, Mrs. Roy Horton, Spencer.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 3 Nov 1959, p. 6, col. 6.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 1998]
YOUNG, Lyda Mai (circa 1900-1954)
Dibrell Woman's Rites Thursday
Mrs. Lyda Mai Young, 54, wife of R.N. Young, operator of the Dibrell Telephone exchange, died at Medical Clinic Wednesday. Funeral services and burial took place at Whorton Springs Baptist Church in DeKalb county Thursday. Mrs. Young, a native of DeKalb county, was the daughter of James and Mattie Redmon and she had resided at Dibrell for several years. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. C.D. Allen, McMinnville, Mrs. Arthur Sutton, Smithville, and Misses Etta and Ruby Young, Dibrell. Also a son, Waymon Young, Detroit, Mich., and eight grandchildren.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, June 17, 1954, p. 2.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
YOUNG, Morrison Donald (circa 1935-1952)
Driver of Death Car Indicted For Manslaughter
A Coffee county Grand Jury last week indicted Doyle Rigney on a charge of manslaughter, growing out of the death of a 17-year old construction worker in an accident at Hillsboro December 13. Rigney was the driver of the car which crashed into a filling station at Hillsboro, causing the death of Morrison Donald Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Young of Coffee county. The parents of the deceased youth are prosecutors in the case. Hearing on the charge has been set by Judge Robert S. Brady for the April court term at Manchester.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Thurs, 22 Jan 1953.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
YOUNG, Myrtle Eva Jones (circa 1907-1999)
Dibrell resident and DeKalb County native Myrtle Eva Young, 92, died May 18 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness. A homemaker and a member of New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Hattie Walker Jones; and was preceded in death by her husband, Elder Henry Elbert Young. She is survived by two daughters, Juanita Donaldson of McMinnville and Maurene Gillette of Smithville; four sons, Charles and Jimmy Young of Dibrell, Gerald Young of Sanford, Fla., and Willy Young of Rock Island; two sisters, Rosie Hitchcock and Louise Courtney, both of Rock Island; three brothers, Elbert and Tol Jones of Rock Island and
Charlie Jones of Cleveland; nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 10 a.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ricky Arnold officiating. Burial will follow at new Bildad Cemetery in DeKalb County. Visitation will be held from 8 a.m. until time of service today at McMinnville Funeral Home. McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) May 21, 1999, p. 2-A.[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
YOUNG, Nell Smoot (circa 1904-1997)
Nell Smoot Young, 93
Smithville resident and Warren County native Nell Smoot Young, 93, died July 4 at Baptist DeKalb Hospital after an extended illness. A retired beautician and member of the Business and Professional Woman's Club and the Smithville Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Bethel M. and Laura Edwards Young and was preceded in death by her husband, Joe T. Young; and two sisters, Irene Smoot and Lila Sain. She is survived by two sons, Billy S. Young of Smithville and Edward C. Young of McMinnville; one brother, Dr. B.C. Smoot of McMinnville; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Services were held Sunday at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home in Smithville with Dan Gulley and Tim Woodward officiating. Burial followed at DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home of Smithville was in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 9 Jul 1997.[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
YOUNGBLOOD, Matilda Louella (1871-1953)
Miss Youngblood Dies At Morrison
Miss Matilda Louella Youngblood, 81, died at her home at Morrison Saturday morning at 2 o'clock, following an illness of three weeks. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Center Hil Baptist Church with John W. High officiating. Burial was in Center Hill cemetery. Miss Youngblood, a native of Cannon county, was born December 12, 1871. She was a daughter of Johnson Youngblood and Mary Jane Thomas Youngblood and she was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include a brother, William D. Youngblood, Morrison; two sisters, Mrs. Della Thomas, Woodbury, and Mrs. Novella Freed, Daylight. Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thurs, 9 July 1953, p. 23.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000]
