Everett "Bud" Young

Everett "Bud" Young, son of the late Ira Martin and Lucy Stafford Young, was born in Bloomfield on Sept. 20, 1918, and died at the Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter on Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the age of 90.

Mr. Young had lived in Bloomfield all his life. He was a retired truck driver and had worked for Monarch Feed Mill in Dexter. He was a member of the Link Church near Bloomfield. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

On April 1, 1944, he was married to Mary Melba Payne.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Melba Young of Bloomfield; one son, Dennis Young of Dexter; one daughter, Janet Walker of Arnold; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Other relatives and many friends also survive. He was preceded in death by four sisters.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 25, 2009, at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2009, in the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Rev. M.C. Moore of Dexter officiating.

Interment will be in the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield in charge of arrangements.