Prentice Young

Prentice M. YoungFuneral services for Prentice M. Young, age 86, of Coushatta, LA will be 3:00 PM Sunday, December 30, 2007 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston, LA. Officiating the service will be Rev. Bennie Alford assisted by Rev. Tom Smith. Interment will follow in the Simsboro Cemetery, in Simsboro, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, LA.Mr. Young was born in Hico, LA on September 2, 1921 and passed away in Jena, LA on December 28, 2007. He was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church in Coushatta, LA. Mr. Young retired from T. L. James Co. with 30 years of service. He is survived by his children James T. Young and wife Judy of Tennessee; Jane Phillips and husband Johnnie of Jena, LA; Don Young and wife Beverly of Pineville, LA; brothers, Garland Young of Minden, LA and Grover Young of Lafayette, LA; grandchildren, Shelley, Truett, Jill, Christine, and Jennifer; sixteen great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.Pallbearers will be Steve Adams, Charles Longino, Johnny Kemp Jr., Glen Procell, Jimmy Hoogland, and Richard Paulus. Honorary pallbearers will be the Silent Brotherhood Coushatta Masonic Lodge, Johnny Kemp Sr., and Charles Harper.Visitation will be from 5:00 ? 8:00 P.M. Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, LA.Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com