Roscoe Young, 83, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died January 14, 2006, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 16, 2006 at New Bethel Holiness Baptist Church with Rev. Kevin Vickers officiating. Interment will follow in New Bethel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 9:00 Sunday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Young was born April 27, 1922 in Ben Hill County, Georgia to the late George and Lilly Hayes Young. He had lived in the community all of his life. He was a farmer and a member of New Bethel Holiness Baptist Church. He was the founder of the Pine Tree Saddle Club of Irwin and Ben Hill Counties, an avid coon hunter, and a school bus driver for the Ben Hill County school system for many years.
He is survived by his wife: Christine McLean Young of Fitzgerald; four daughters and sons-in-law: Betty Ann & Mike Heatherly and Diane & Steve Sumner, all of Fitzgerald, and Karen & Tim Lott and Renae & Mark Martin, all of Ocilla; eleven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and three sisters: Mattie Smallwood, Lucille Holland, and Gladys Dorminy, all of Fitzgerald. He was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.