He was born in Memphis, Tennessee July 12, 1926 to the late Audrey Tyson Young Meacham and Delos Alexander Young, Sr. He attended Messick High School and William R. Moore Technical School and was an electrician. Charles worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Neogram Sign Co. and retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company with 28 years of service. He was a member of the United States Army in Northern France, Germany, And Belgium as a rifleman during W.W.II and the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Mr. Young was a member of Temple Baptist Church, The American Legion Post #0249, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and a charter member of the Mustangs of Memphis.
Mr. Young was preceded in death by his wives Annie Ruth Scott Young and Sarah Stoker Young; brother Delos Alexander Young, Jr.; sister Mildred Young Reynolds; daughter Audrey Jean Young Johnson and grandson Robert Allen Young. He is survived by two children Kenneth Allen (Sidney) Young of Southaven, Mississippi and daughter Ruth Ann Young O'Neal of Olive Branch, Mississippi; half sister Gloria Jean Young (Thomas) McMullin; 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Family and friends will gather on Thursday, April 4, 2019 from noon until funeral services begin at 2:00 p.m. all at Memphis Funeral Home, 5599 Poplar Avenue. Burial will follow in Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family requests any donations in Mr. Young's honor be sent to the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences and floral offerings may be given through www.memphisfuneralhome.net.
