Deborah "Debi" Young Cookeville, Tennessee Obituary

Deborah "Debi" Young

Debi Young , age 58, of Cookeville passed away suddenly on Thursday , July 20, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, McDouglas and Christine Watts, Sparta, TN; her father, Coy Washington Wilson, Nashville, TN; and her niece, Sara Shingletion, Mineral Wells, WV. Ms. Young is survived by her daughter, Rachel C. Young; her mother, Faye Wilson; her sister, Brenda Shingleton; her niece, Samantha Shingleton; as well as numerous cousins who were very close to her. Ms. Young was born on September 24 1958 in Sparta, TN. She grew up in Nashville and graduated from Stratford High School. She resided in Mineral Wells, WV with her sister, Brenda, for many years and came back to Cookeville, TN to be near her daughter ,Rachel. Debi had a beautiful, adventurous, kind, caring, and compassionate spirit. She touched the lives of so many, gave of herself without the thought of reward and we will all miss the love, advice and care she so willing gave when it was needed. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, July 25 at Crest Lawn Funeral Home in Cookeville between 5p.m. and 8p.m. Her Family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Brain Aneurism Foundation (https://www.bafound.org).
September 24, 1958 - July 20, 201709/24/195807/20/2017
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Debi Young , age 58, of Cookeville passed away suddenly on Thursday , July 20, at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, McDouglas and Christine Watts, Sparta, TN; her father, Coy Washington Wilson, Nashville, TN; and her niece, Sara Shingletion, Mineral Wells, WV. Ms. Young is survived by her daughter, Rachel C. Young; her mother, Faye Wilson; her sister, Brenda Shingleton; her niece, Samantha Shingleton; as well as numerous cousins who were very close to her. Ms. Young was born on September 24 1958 in Sparta, TN. She grew up in Nashville and graduated from Stratford High School. She resided in Mineral Wells, WV with her sister, Brenda, for many years and came back to Cookeville, TN to be near her daughter ,Rachel. Debi had a beautiful, adventurous, kind, caring, and compassionate spirit. She touched the lives of so many, gave of herself without the thought of reward and we will all miss the love, advice and care she so willing gave when it was needed. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, July 25 at Crest Lawn Funeral Home in Cookeville between 5p.m. and 8p.m. Her Family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Brain Aneurism Foundation (https://www.bafound.org).

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Tuesday, July 25 2017
05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Crest Lawn Funeral Home-Cremation Center
800 West Jackson St
Cookeville, TN 38501
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