Roland Dale YOUNG, Sr.

1929 - 2010  (80 years)

• Name	Roland Dale YOUNG
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	24 Oct 1929	Jean, Young County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7A7353B290B84748A12BBA501441F399809A
  Death	26 Sep 2010	Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Rose Lawn Memorial Park, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Roland Dale Young Roland Dale Young, 80, passed away peacefully and joined his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the UT Health Science Center in Tyler surrounded by his family. He fought a courageous battle against Parkinson's disease. Roland was born on Oct. 24, 1929, in Jean to the late Willie Pierce and Ruth Myrtle (Murry) Young. The family moved to Grand Prairie in 1942. Roland graduated in 1947 from Grand Prairie High School. He served in the Army, Navy and Merchant Marine. He was a loving and caring man and always put his family first. He was an avid Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and University of Texas Longhorns fan. He never thought twice about traveling to meet relatives and share in family celebrations and class reunions. He enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and Canada. He married Virginia Minter on Oct. 6, 1951, in Grand Prairie, and they made their home in Grand Prairie for the next 35 years. They raised two children, Roland Dale Jr. and Jennifer Gayle. He retired with 37 years of service as an outside network lineman and PBX installer from Southwestern Bell Telephone (now AT&T) in 1984. He built their retirement home in 1986 in Oakland, and raised cattle and horses and enjoyed his retirement in the country. He loved to work on his tractor and build houses and shops. He loved watching his grandsons grow up. They moved to Tyler in 1999. Roland was a Methodist and a member of the Pollard United Methodist Church. Roland leaves the following to cherish his memory: his wife of 58 years, Virginia, of Tyler; son and daughter-in-law, Dale and Susan Young, of Wills Point; daughter and son-in-law, Jenny and Bobby Dobbins, of Tyler; his brother and sister-in-law, Freddy and Pat Young, of Grand Prairie; three grandsons, Roland Young III, Nicklaus and Daniel Dobbins; and several nephews, nieces and many, many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Pierce Young, in 1989. The family will receive family and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler. Services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at 3 p.m. at Pollard United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rob Fisher, the Rev. Richard Luna and the Rev. Stephanie Scott officiating. Pallbearers will be Borden Naylor, Bob Franks, John Sneed, James Caudell, Bobby Shipman and Tommy Allen. Interment will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery in Tyler. In lieu of flowers, memorials in honor of Roland Young may be made to the Parkinsonians of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler; Pollard United Methodist Church, 3030 New Copeland Road, Tyler; or The Hospice of East Texas Foundation, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler. Published in Tyler Morning Telegraph on September 29, 2010
  Person ID	I2839	America
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family	Virginia Minter,   b. 10 Mar 1933, Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, USA d. 2 Apr 2022, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1951	Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Roland Dale YOUNG, Jr.   2. Jennifer Gale YOUNG
  Family ID	F1299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 6 Oct 1951 - Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Death - 26 Sep 2010 - Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S343] THE SCHWARTZ FAMILY by Carol Schwartz at ancestry.co. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S484] Tyler Morning Telegraph online, April 2022, obituary. (Reliability: 3).