Clinton J. “Shorty” Young, 64, of Fitzgerald died Monday, July 14, 2008 at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, July 18, 2008, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Donnie Pridgen officiating, Allen Young Jr. will give the eulogy. Interment will follow in Evergreen cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Young was born July 14, 1944 in Wayne County to the late Claude Iverson Young and Beulah Nasworthy Young. He was an avid horseman, mule skinner, a member of the Saddle Club and the Long Rider Trail Club. He used his mules and wagon for tours at the Stillpond Winery. He was a welder and retired from the C S X Railroad with 25 years of service. He lived in the community most of his life and was a member of the Lax Community Church in Irwin County.
He is survived by his wife: Jeanette Young of Fitzgerald; three daughters: Sheila (Steve) Barnes, Donna (Mark) Cobb of Fitzgerald, Pat (Terry) Adkinson of Fayetteville, Tennessee; one son, Allen (Deanne) Young of Fitzgerald; twelve grandchildren; seven great grandchildren: one sister Claudene Thompson of Fitzgerald. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by six brothers and one sister.