Martha Jean Young

Glover Funeral Home of Eufaula

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Posted by: Glover Funeral Home
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Date: May 03 2024 12:38 PM

Martha Jean Lewis Young, a resident of Gloucester, Virigina passed away Monday, April 29, 2024, at her residence. She was 82 years old.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 10, 2024, in the chapel of Glover Funeral Home in Eufaula, Alabama at 10:00 a.m. A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m. prior to the service. Graveside services will be held at Fort Mitchell National cemetery Friday, May 10, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. CST.

Martha was born on January 30, 1942, in Galveston, Texas to the late R.H. and Nellie Maude Hatcher Lewis. Martha was a graduate of Lamson Business School where she obtained her degree in bookkeeping. She was a clerk for multiple convenience, department, and grocery stores. She was a very successful Tupperware saleswoman, Alabama Boys Ranch house parent, and she was especially good at being a wife. Martha was an Air Force spouse and had twenty-one years of moves which included five states and two foreign countries. She had lots of hobbies such as crocheting, cooking, ceramics, needle point, sewing, quilting, and cross stitching. She also enjoyed participating in Hemmed in Prayer and made over a thousand dresses for overseas children. Martha was a member of the Military Wives Club, a club scouts den mother, a Boy Scouts of America event planner, and a member of Parkview Baptist Church in Eufaula, Alabama.

She is preceded in death by her parents, brother, Jerry Lewis and sister, Mary Lewis.

Left to cherish her memories are her loving husband, James Vaughn Young; son, Timothy M. Young (Susan) of Bakerhill, Alabama; daughter, Gwendolyn A. Frederick (Michael) of Gloucester, Virginia; five grandchildren, Christy Mancill (Shawn), Nicole Mallula (Billy), Sam Young, Alaina Frederick, and MJ Frederick; seven great-grandchildren, Siah Mancill, August Mancill, Adalie Mancill, Ethan Mancill, Emily Mancill, Easton Mallula, and Taron Mallula.

Glover Funeral Home of Eufaula was entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 687-5725. Please sign the guestbook online at www.gloverfuneral.com

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