Patricia Ellis Young, 61, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at her home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, November 10, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rick F. Ellis officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before services at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Young was born October 17, 1950 in Fitzgerald, GA to the late Foy and Clara Mae Conley Ellis. A 1968 graduate of Fitzgerald High School, she received degrees in Accounting and Nursing from Ben Hill-Irwin Technical College. Of the Baptist faith, she lived in Cochran, GA for six years where she was active in her church serving as a Sunday school and Vacation Bible School teacher. Mrs. Young was a Licensed Practical Nurse and was a former employee of Fitzgerald Nursing Home. She had recently moved back to Fitzgerald from San Antonio Texas where she had lived for many years and was a Payroll Accountant for Frontier Enterprises.
She is survived by her husband Larry Young of Fitzgerald; Daughter: Patty and Tracy Bowman of San Antonio, TX; five grandchildren: Brittany Bowman, Brooke Bowman, Nikki Bowman, Riley Young, and Jordan Young; stepchildren: Jay Douglas and Kim Young of San Antonio, TX, John D. Young of Austin, TX and Bethany G. Young of Las Vegas, Nevada; brothers and sisters-in-law: J.R. & Rose Ellis and Rick & Sherry Ellis, all of Fitzgerald and Bobby & Peggy Ellis of Irwinville, GA, Ollie and Darlene Ellis of Gatesville, Texas; Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by 2 brothers.