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- ca. 1936 lived in Kirksville, Mo. -- Stevens, Dan V., unpaged [16]
"Mrs. Lucy V. Young Dies at Kirksville
"Mrs Lucy Virginia Young died in Kirksville in the Laughlin Nursing Home, Friday, Nov. 25, [1949] at the age of 96 years and 5 months.
"Mrs. Young, daughter of Jesse and Mary Ann White Painter was born in Warren County, Va., June 25, 1853. Her parents came to Missouri in a covered wagon when she was 2 years. Lucy Virginia was married to Barton Stone Young in 1873, making their home on a farm near Palmyra. Six children were born to them. After the death of Mr. Young in 1893, Mrs. Young moved to Kirksville in order to better educate her children.
"Five of her children preceded her in death: Jesse Young, Mrs James M. Steele, Mrs F.A. Eades, Barton Young, and Mrs John C. Hansbrough. One daughter, Mrs. Rowena Dodson, 3824 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, 13 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one great, great, great [sic] grand child, and a number of nieces and nephews survive.
"Mrs Young joined Bethel Baptist church in Palmyra at the age of 10 years. Her membership was in the First Baptist Church of Palmyra at the time of her death. Mrs Young was much beloved by all those who knew her and she leaves many friends who remember her long life and service to her neighbors and to her community.
"Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Palmyra at the First Baptist Church. Burial was in the Greenwood cemetery. Rev, Frank Baker, long time friend of the family, conducted the services assisted by Rev W.E. Sutterfield. Pallbearers were: George Ferguson, Frank Hansbrough, Ben J. McPike, Cecil Taylor, Charlie Arnold, and Baynard LaFon." -- presumably from the Palmyra Spectator.
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