Craig Edward Young

COLUMBIA — The funeral service for the Rev. Father Craig Edward Young, SSC, 51, of Columbia, will be held 1 o’clock, Saturday, December 19, 2009, at the Anglican Church of the Epiphany, with the Rt. Rev. Paul Hewitt, SSC, officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o’clock, Friday evening at the church. Memorials may be made to the Anglican Church of the Epiphany Memorial Fund, 2512 North Beltline Blvd., Columbia, SC 29204. Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, is assisting the family.
 
Father Young died Monday, December 14, 2009. Born in Fullerton, California, February 28, 1958, he was a son of the late Dr. Leo Emmet and Helen Winter Young. He attended the University of California at Davis. He was called to the ministry while leading a successful career with Charles Schwab and Company. He graduated in 1994 from St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College in Berkeley, California. He was ordained to the sacred priesthood on December 3, 1994, at the Anglican Church of the Epiphany in Columbia. The following month, he was elected to serve as rector of that parish, where he had served for the last fifteen years, and had been much beloved by his congregation. He served in the Diocese of the Holy Cross as a Canon to the Ordinary, a member of the Standing Committee, and an Examining Chaplain. Father Young also served in the Society of the Holy Cross as local vicar of the St. Thomas More Chapter.
 
Survivors include his sister, Lisa Young Reuter of Sussex, Wisconsin; brothers, Curtis W. Young and wife, Leslie, of Colleyville, Texas, Chris R. Young and wife, Jody, of Coal Valley, Illinois; as well as several nieces and nephews.
 
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