Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Lennis Elvin Young, age 88 of 2032 Hannah Creek Road passed away on Saturday at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehab Center in Benson. Funeral services will be held 2:00PM Monday at Unity Advent Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Morgan-Wood Family Cemetery with military honors. Officiating will be Pastor Jason Hudson, Revs. Randy Beasley and Bobby Caudle.
Mr. Young was born June 14, 1926 in Johnston County to the late Hugh & Lula Morgan Young. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rena Caudle Young, sisters, Pauline Phillips, Fannie Barefoot and Cindy Young, brothers, Howard Young and Ed Young and John Louis Young. He was a US Army veteran serving in WWII and the Korean conflict. Mr. Young was a longtime member of Unity Advent Christian Church serving as Sunday School Superintendent, Deacon and on the Board of Trustees. Mr. Young was a retired truck driver.
Surviving are his sister, Betty L. Young of Benson and several nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends 6:00PM-8:00PM Sunday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson.
Flowers are welcomed, however, memorials may be made to Unity Advent Christian Church, 304 Unity Church Road, Four Oaks, NC 27524.