SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK - UPSHUR COUNTY

Tandie Drew Young 
(August 10, 1914 - April 17, 2014) 

Funeral services for Tandie Drew Young, 99, of Gilmer, will be 2:00 P.M. 
Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Croley Funeral Home Chapel in Gilmer with 
Larry W. Osborne and Dr. David Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow 
at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer. Mrs. Young passed away on Thursday, 
April 17, 2014 in Longview.

She was born on August 10, 1914, in Gilmer to James Alvin Porter and 
Connie Rash Porter. Mrs. Young was a homemaker and a member of Gilmer 
First Baptist Church. She also was a member of the Eastern Star and was 
named Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the year in 2009.

Mrs. Young was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Floyd 
Fannin and Clay Young; son-in-law, Wendell Duke; stepdaughter, Maxine 
Young; brothers, Clyde Porter and Ennis Porter.

Mrs. Young is survived by daughters, Connie Duke of Gilmer, La Juan 
Allison and husband, Elvis of Humble; brother, R. E. Wilson of Bossier 
City LA; grandchildren, Darry Duke and wife, Jamie, Cara Hammons and 
husband, Greg, Tanya Hooker and husband, Randy, Tyler Duke, Christy 
Tucker and husband, Michael, Jayme MacAllister and Monette Hurtt; 13 
great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Colt Bickerdike, Dakota Bickerdike, Donnor Duke, 
Brett MacAllister, Corey MacAllister, Caleb Pettit and Isaac Tucker.

The family will receive friends on Friday, April 18, 2014, at the 
funeral home from 4:30 P.M. until 6:00 P.M.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Mission Fund, 217 W. Cass, Gilmer, 
Texas 75644.