Young, William Michael   	

Services for William Michael Young will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, 
June 9, 2007, at VFW Post No. 4002 in Longview.

Funeral services will be conducted by the VFW Post No. 4002, with 
David Reeder, hospice chaplain, and Richard Shockley, speaker.

Cremation arrangements are provided by East Texas Funeral Home.

Mr. Young died Tuesday, May 29, 2007, after a lengthy battle with 
cancer.

Mr. Young was born October 10, 1941, in Marshall, to William Maurice 
Young and the late Grace Harden Young. He was a Catholic and a 
lifetime member of the VFW.

He spent 11 years in the U.S. Navy, serving in Vietnam, Hawaii and the 
Republic of China. Mr. Young was past commander of the VFW Post in 
Marshall. He was also a past president of the Heavy Metal Motorcycle 
Club. He had many interests, including gun collecting, cars, motorcycles, 
history, art and music. He was an avid reader.

Survivors include his many friends and his family: his father, William 
Maurice Young of Marshall; a sister, Eva Rae Harris and family of Cypress; 
his sons, Franklin H. Young of Longview and Marc William Young of 
Jacksonville;and his daughters, Sophia Christina Collins and her family of 
Frisco, and Fei-Mei Theriot and her family of Flower Mound. Mr. Young had 
five grandchildren. Other survivors include his wife, Joyce Ravellette 
Young; stepsons, Kendall, Kelley, Kerry and Karl Ravellette and their 
families; stepdaughter, Karen Ravellette-Jordan and her family, all of 
Longview; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Many thanks to the Longview Cancer Center and Texas Home Health Hospice 
for Michael's care, especially David Reeder, Chaplain , and Mischelle Byrd, 
his nurse.

In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to Texas Home Health 
Hospice or the cancer center.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/6/2007.