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Margaret Lee "Margie" Young

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Margaret Lee "Margie" Young, 73 of Fayetteville, Ark. passed away Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 in Fayetteville. She was born Dec. 28, 1941 in Louisville, Ky. to Hewett A. Slack and Irene L. (Siler) Slack. Margie moved with her family as a teenager to Memphis, Tenn. She met her future husband the first evening at Northwest Mississippi Jr. College, as SHE had planned. Margie married Seth Yarbrough Young III of Marshall County, Miss. The services were performed by her father in Ashland, Benton Co., Miss. at the Baptist Church there. She and her family moved to Fayetteville, Ark. in 1967. She received a BS Degree in Interior Design in the Home Economics Department, University of Arkansas. Margie was an Administrative Secretary there, and later retired as a Home Economics Instructor and student advisor. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Virginia "Gina" Rogers, and two brothers, Hewett Slack and John Slack. She is survived by her husband, Seth Yarbrough Young III, one son, Seth Yarbrough Young IV and wife Tammy of Farmington, Ark.; two daughters, Laurie Lee Young Breeden and husband D.R. of Ft. Smith, Ark., Karen Suzanne Holmes and husband Carey of Fayetteville, Ark., one sister, Elizabeth "Libby" Lefler of Bakersfield, Calif.; nine grandchildren, Sarah Elaine Haakenson Edwards, Matthew Kevin Haakenson, Emily Kathryn Haakenson Freeman, Coy Layne Holmes, Chadd Austin Holmes, Ashleigh Lauryn Young Gray, Seth Yarbrough Young V, Macie Jewell Young, Laadan Hewett Young; and two great-grandchildren, Lincoln Michael Gray, and Rowan Bishop Gray. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 7th from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8th at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville with Reverend Carl D. Palmer officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville. Memorial contributions may be made to The Alzheimer's Association, alz.org. To sign the online guest book please visit www.nelsonberna.com.

Published December 6, 2015

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