October 15, 2020
82 year old James Wilson Young of Smithville, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at NHC of Smithville.
He was a retired maintenance worker from the Kingston Timer Plant. James was a member of the Mt. View The Baptist Church.
Visitation with the family will be on Saturday from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm and Sunday from 10:00 am until the time of the funeral service at 2:00 pm at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home . Brother Dennis Wood will officiate with burial in DeKalb Memorial Gardens.
James was preceded in death by his parents, Woodrow Wilson and Lillie Mai Taylor Young; First Wife and Mother of his Children, Marie Haggard Young; Sister, Helen Lee; and Brother, Eddie Wayne Young. He is survived by one son, James Ronny (Nancy) Young of Smithville; one daughter, Kim (Ratchet) Banks of Smithville; grandchildren, Aaron (Sara) Young of Smithville, Kara (Robert) Griffin of Pensacola, FL, Alyssa (Daniel) Leslie of Smithville; special grandson, Morgan Smithson of Smithville; great grandchildren, Luke Young and Lela Young of Smithville; sisters, Carolyn (Eli) Whitley of Mt. Juliet, TN, Judy Rodgers of Hendersonville, TN; brothers-in-law, Rick Lee of Smithville and Bobby (Emma) Haggard of Lebanon, TN; and sister-in-law, Frances Haggard of Nashville, TN.
The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Young Bend Cemetery Fund.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrrangements.