Graveside service for Mrs. Mary Louise Young will be 10 a.m., Saturday, January 23, 2021, at Riverwood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Young was given 96 years on earth and entered her eternal home January 18, 2021.
She began her pilgrimage here September 29, 1924, born in Hammond, Louisiana to her parents, Parson B. and Hazel Narretta Smith.
She was a graduate of Brookhaven High School. During her life she spent 42 years as Office Manager at the Lincoln County Health
Department as well as maintained her household. Mrs. Mary Louise was a member of First Baptist Church in Brookhaven.
Her influence will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved her, and she leaves a legacy of love, honor and faith.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband, William Collins Young.
Those who remain to cherish her memory are her daughter, Angie Cox and husband, Joe; two grandchildren, Wade Cox and wife, Katie and
Claire Cox Strong and husband, Jonathan; three great grandchildren, Griffin Collins Cox, Gage Hamilton Cox, and Arthur Norwood Strong.
Memorials may be made in her memory to First Baptist Church Building Fund 200 E Monticello Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601,
Baptist Children’s Village, 491 Dickerson Lane, SE, Brookhaven, MS 39601, or a charity of your choice.
