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John A. Young
1930 - 2025
BORN
1930
DIED
2025
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John Young Obituary
Funeral services for John will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at Rose-Neath Southside with the Rev. Scott Etheridge and the Rev. Linnie Lindsay officiating.
Visitation will be held on Dec. 3 at Rose-Neath Southside, with the family meeting friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial to follow at Centuries Memorial Park in Shreveport.
John was born April 7, 1930, at the family farm Southwest of Donnellson, Iowa, to Frank Harold and Ada Tressia Woolley Young.
He graduated from Donnellson High in 1948, and from LSU Shreveport with a BS degree in accounting in 1977.
John worked at the Purity Oats Plant from 1952 until the plant was shut down in 1963. He then worked for Keokuk Steel Casting and Kast Metals Corp. for over 29 years. He later worked for National and then Enterprise Car Rental for 11 years, retiring on his 11th anniversary,
John was a member of The Healing Place at Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Shreveport. He served many years in the Christian Education Department. He believed that Jesus is literally the Son of God, that Jesus lived a sinless life, shed his blood, died on a cross, and was resurrected as the first fruits of the righteous dead.
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