Mother Young

YOUNG, Mother Georgia - Age 91, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2010. Family hour 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at Cross Missionary Baptist Church, 3063 W. Coldwater Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Pastor Albert Hare officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mother Young will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Georgia E. Gardner was born to Nelson Gardner and Lillian Parrott on February 12, 1919 in Memphis Tennessee. She attended Manassas High School and the Church of the Living God while in Memphis. As a teenager, Georgia worked for city-attorney Exby in Memphis, Tennessee. Georgia met and later married Edward L. Young on January 10, 1942. They relocated to Flint, Michigan in 1943. There were nine children resulting from this union. Georgia had and enjoyed various hobbies throughout her years. Her hobbies included flower bedding, yard maintenance, bird feeding, feeding stray cats and a period when she enjoyed keeping gold fish. Georgia had favorite foods, which included, Coca-cola, vanilla ice cream, Everfresh orange juice and tomatoes. Georgia never learned to drive but maintained her independence and is well known for her refusals to accept car rides or any type of assistance during her various trips from the grocery stores. Although shy and unwilling to travel, Georgia was introduced to many people through associations with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, neighbors and life acquaintances. She had only kind words and encouragement for anyone she met. Georgia throughout her ninety-one years of life remembered everyone’s birthday and anniversary and is well known for placing cash gifts inside the cards she personally addressed although her eye sight faltered during her later years. Georgia was “kind to” and received kindness from everyone she met. There was a special kindness that Georgia shared with her neighbors many of whom she had known for more than 40 years. Two later year memorable and joyful occasions for Georgia were; the first, receiving the deed to the house where she had lived for more than 60 years, and the second, that she received for her 90th birthday, a card from President Barack Obama. She leaves to cherish her memory: four daughters, Jean Powells, Era (Willie) Woods, Darlene (Elton) Earnest and Emily Young; four sons, Robert (Kim) Young, Gerald (Crystal) Young of Chadds Ford, PA, Arthur Young of Norfolk, VA and Arnold (Cecilia) Young of Carmel, IN; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; two sisters Juanita West of Harvey, IL and Elizabeth Anderson of Memphis, TN; a host of other relatives and friends, including special neighborhood friends, Mr. Perry, Mrs. Alford and Mrs. Woodley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Young; son, Donald Young; son-in-law, Roosevelt Powells; granddaughter, Michelle Powells; brothers, Nathaniel Gardner and Nelson Gardner, Jr.; sisters, Lula Mae Alexander and Elsie Burk.

Mother Young

February 12, 1919 - October 21, 2010