Lee Roy Young

Lee Roy "Jack" Young was born on March 1, 1925, after a brief illness. He passed on to a better place on Saturday, February 1, 2014, one month shy of his 89th birthday. Lee was born one mile south and one mile west of "Dirty Shane Station", south of Carnegie in a little farm house to Ruby (Newton) Young and Elbert Young. He later graduated from High School at Elgin before enlisting in the United States Army and serving three years in Panama during WW ll. At the end of the war, Lee enrolled in Cameron College in Lawton where he met his future wife, Sally Edwina Hall. He married "the prettiest girl there", on June 25, 1946 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Where they finished their degrees at (Cameron). They moved on to Oklahoma A&M (now O.S.U.) where Lee earned a B.S. Degree in Agriculture and worked on his Masters Degree while becoming a new father with the their daughter, Patricia. Lee went on to teach agriculture at Canute and Eakly for a while before they settled on a farm they had bought near Fort Cobb. Farming was difficult as a drouth had set in. Lee or "Jack" as he was becoming known as, soon took a job with Soil Conservation Service where he helped survey Fort Cobb Lake. He later worked at Public Service. In these years his sons, Earl and Jack were born. The Drouth lingered and "Jack" soon moved his young family to Byers, Texas where taught at Shepherd Air Force Base. After about two years in Texas, Lee was offered a job with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or BIA in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Happy to be back in Oklahoma, Lee spent many years trying to help Native Americans get better leases on their lands, to help improve their lives. He wasn't always popular with his bosses. This job also took the family to Nowata and then Holdenville, covering many counties. But the job was stressful. He was wise enough to see the whole world and not just his little corner of it. Lee moved back to the farm in 1962 and farmed there. He raised cattle, never really retiring. He loved the rural life. He loved his wife, his friends and his country. He never gave up. He was a man of his word. And above all he loved the Lord. He is already greatly missed. "Jack" was preceded in death by his parents Elbert and Ruby Young. Step father, Al Scott and Stepmother, Bertha Young. He is survived by his wife, Sally of the home, daughter, Pat (Patricia) Osmus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, son, Earl of Fort Cobb and son, Jack of Oklahoma City. Also sister, Vera Waits of Fritch, Texas, nephews, Brad Waits and Delton Waits also of Fritch, Texas, his grandchildren include Kevin Metz of Edmond and Mark Metz of OKC, Chris Osmus, Angie Gilbert both of OKC, Joshua Young and sister, Lindsey Young both of Canada. Also many, many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be Monday, February 10, 2014 at the First Baptist Church in Fort Cobb, Rev. Matt Stewart will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Fort Cobb, Services under the direction of Fort Cobb Funeral Home in Fort Cobb.

Lee Roy Young

March 1, 1925 - February 1, 2014

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