Young, Elpha Vannest

Passed: 1966-11-22

Age:

Source:

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1966-11-27

Information: Mrs. Elpha Young Taken by Death -- Mrs. Elpha Vannest Young, widow of the late Frank Young of Ripley, died suddenly in a Charleston hospital Tuesday morning, November 22.  Death came as a result of failure of the heart to respond properly at the conclusion of surgery to repair a fracture which had resulted from a fall in the home where she resided in Charleston.  A daughter of Luther and Martha Douglas Vannest, she had resided in Jackson county all her life.  She was a member of the Methodist Church, and had a host of friends who will regret to hear of her death.  Funeral services were held at the Wilson Funeral Chapel in Charleston Friday morning and burial was in the King cemetery at Ripley.  Mrs. Young was a sister of the late John M. Vannest of the Pleasant Hill community.  She was preceded in death by two sons and an only daughter.  She had 30 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.  She is survived by one brother, P. M. Vannest of Ravenswood; seven sons, Lewis Otho, Gilbert and Willard of Charleston, Charles Owen of Califronia, Howard of Ravenswood, and Homer of Chicago.