Eddie Young

Services for Eddie Doyle Young, 87, of Alba, are scheduled for 2 p .m., Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba, with Bro. Otis Lee officiating.

Interment will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, Alba.

Mr. Young passed away December 14, 2022, in Tyler. He was born February 26, 1935, in Cotton Valley, Louisiana, to Eddie Leroy and Pearl Bean Young. On September 12, 1958, he married Barbara Faye Harris in Covington. Eddie owned and operated a carpet business and proudly served in the United States Marines. He is preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Herman Young and Denver Young.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Barbara Young of Alba; two sons, Eddie D. Young, Jr. and wife Tina of College Station and Robert Jeffrey Young and wife Connie of Alba; daughter, Christy Diane Dixon of Springtown; sister, Janie Haddaway and husband Jim of Hillsboro; four grandchildren, Erin Keenright, Josh Young, Ashley Dixon, and Audrey Young; great-granddaughter, Morgan Keenright; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Ed Young, Jr., Jeff Young, Jerry Robinson, Randy Carter, Steven Roach, and Austin Harris.

The family will receive friends, 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home.