Skylar Young

Skylar Young, 23, of McAlester, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at McAlester Regional Health Center.The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bishop Funeral Home.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Palestine Church with Brother Ralph Adcock officiating. Burial will be at Palestine Cemetery in Russellville, near Quinton. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Bishop Funeral Service of McAlester.Born Nov. 22, 1985, he was the son of Roy Andrew Jr. and Elva Irene Smith Young. He grew up in McAlester and attended school at Frink-Chambers School. He had received his plumber’s license and was an electrical helper.He enjoyed listening to music, rapping, and installing stereo systems in automobiles for his friends. He enjoyed his Mustang car, motorcycles, fishing and shooting guns.Survivors include his mother, Irene Stamper and husband, Stephen, of Tulsa; his father, Roy Young Jr. and wife, Nicole, of Haileyville; two children, Hayden Anthony Young, of McAlester, and Skylar Zentner Young II, of McAlester.Also, grandparents, William Z. and Regina Smith, of McAlester, Deloris Kelly, of McAlester, and Roy Sr. and Judy Young, Riverside, Calif.; great-grandparents, Doyle and Mary Small, of McAlester.And, two sisters, Megan Young, of Haileyville, and Cassidy Young, of Haileyville; a brother, Seth Peasha, of McAlester; two stepbrothers, Justin Stamper and Timothy Stamper, of Tulsa; a stepsister, Michelle Stamper, of Tulsa, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Hailey Lynn Young in 2008; a brother, Anthony Young in 1993; a step-sister, Jessica Stamper; great-grandparents, Barney and Mildred Dellinger; great-great-grandparents, Emery and Hattie McKee, and a great-uncle, Don Dellinger. Pallbearers will be Jesse Boatner, Kevin Masters, James “Bo” Cregan, Derrick McGuire, Wooky Chadsey and Austin Lance.Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Young, Andrew Young, David Young, Jimmy Masters and Brandon Bonham.