Barbara Stokes Young

Barbara Stokes Young died in Houston, Texas on Friday, the 25th of September 2020. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Young, a native of Preston, Kemper County, Mississippi, was a long-time Houstonian, having first come to the city in the early 1950s to work in the energy industry not long after receiving an Associates Degree from East Mississippi Junior College, Scooba, Mississippi.

She married Joe L. Young in Houston in 1959 and they were married for 40 years until Mr. Young's death in 1999, during which time they lived in and around Houston after brief stints in Springfield, New Jersey and Atlanta, Georgia. They had one son, James L. Young, born in 1960. Mrs. Young worked for most of her career in banking and became a Vice President of multiple banks owned and operated by Walter G. Hall of League City, Texas.

In retirement, she pursued volunteer work and hobbies, which included indulging her lifelong love of art and beauty. Known for her keen intellect and gracious manner, Mrs. Young avidly followed business and political developments throughout her life and enjoyed vigorous and friendly discussion and debate. She loved animals, particularly dogs, and they loved her, to the point that she was known within the family and among friends as a "dog whisperer".

Mrs. Young is survived by her sister, Charlene Stokes of Preston, Kemper County, Mississippi; her son, James L. Young and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth H. Young of Plano, Texas; her grandson, Daniel S. Henderson of Dallas, Texas; her granddog, Jasmine Young of Plano, Texas, and many other family and friends.

As Mrs. Young wished, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic no memorial services will be held, and she will be buried with family in the Coy Community Cemetery, Preston, Kemper County, Mississippi after a small graveside service.

The family asks that, in lieu of customary remembrances and in Mrs. Young’s memory, memorial contributions be directed toward the Star of Hope Mission, P.O. Box 1505, Houston, TX 77251; Texas Children’s Hospital, Office of Philanthropy, Ste. 5214, P.O. Box 300630, Houston, TX 77230; The Coy Community Church, 55 Coy Church Rd., Preston, MS 39354; or to the Houston SPCA, 7007 Old Katy Rd., Houston, TX 77024.