Obituary for Louise M. Young (Stephenson)
Louise M. Young, age 91, of Edwardsville IL, formerly of Dalton, GA, died at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, October 25, 2020 at Care Center of Center Grove in Edwardsville.
Louise was born August 22, 1929 in Cleveland, TN, the firstborn of 9 children of the late George W. and Bessie (Ownby) Stephenson.
Louise is survived by two children: Sandy (husband Harry Glass) Mahs of Edwardsville and James Richard (Dick “Jim”) (wife Carol) Young of Fredericktown, MO; two grandchildren: James Richard Young, Jr. (Jeanette) of Midland, MI and David E. Schaepperkoetter (Michelle) of Granite City IL; 4 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild; sister Virgie Irene Blackwell (Truett), brother Paul Melvin Stephenson (Martha) and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Ernie Mahs; and siblings: Agnes Leona Brown, Franklin Eugene Stephenson, Virginia Emmeline Shields, Masie Jean Gowens, Patricia Ann Robertson and Donald Larry Stephenson.
Louise was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Troy and had been a Sunday school teacher. She was an excellent housekeeper, gardener, avid reader and seamstress and enjoyed baking cheesecakes and hummingbird cakes.
Louise was born August 22, 1929 in Cleveland, TN, the firstborn of 9 children of the late George W. and Bessie (Ownby) Stephenson.
Louise is survived by two children: Sandy (husband Harry Glass) Mahs of Edwardsville and James Richard (Dick “Jim”) (wife Carol) Young of Fredericktown, MO; two grandchildren: James Richard Young, Jr. (Jeanette) of Midland, MI and David E. Schaepperkoetter (Michelle) of Granite City IL; 4 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild; sister Virgie Irene Blackwell (Truett), brother Paul Melvin Stephenson (Martha) and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Ernie Mahs; and siblings: Agnes Leona Brown, Franklin Eugene Stephenson, Virginia Emmeline Shields, Masie Jean Gowens, Patricia Ann Robertson and Donald Larry Stephenson.
Louise was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Troy and had been a Sunday school teacher. She was an excellent housekeeper, gardener, avid reader and seamstress and enjoyed baking cheesecakes and hummingbird cakes.