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Norma Carolina Emma Engel Young

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Norma Carolina Emma Engel Young of Little Rock, Arkansas, born June 21, 1920 in Farina, Illinois, went to be with the Lord, Monday, May 13,2013, at the age of 92 years, 326 days at the home of Betty and Michael McGhee of Benton. Norma, a believer and follower of Jesus Christ, was baptized into the Lutheran faith, later converted to the Baptist faith. Norma was preceded in death by her father, August Engel, her mother, Lydia Engel, two brothers, Melvin Engel and Charles Engel, a sister, Minerva Engel, and her husband, Fred Cleveland Young. She was survived by eight brothers, Laverne, Carroll, Calvin, Louis, Larry, Wendell, Duane, and Donnie; four sisters, Mary Palmer, Delores Dorr, Jean Kroening, and Ilene Post; four4 sons, Robert L. Young and his wife, Linda, of North Little Rock; Freddie L.A. Young and his wife, Virginia, of Dardanelle, Gary C. Young and his wife, Kathryn Annette, of Little Rock, Richard A. Young and his wife, Lillian, of Little Rock; three daughters, Norma J. Ralston and her husband, Robert, of Dardanelle, Betty A. McGhee and her husband, Michael, of Benton, Linda L. Dupree and her husband, Larry, of Jacksonville. Norma was the eldest of 16 siblings; the mother of seven children; grandmother of 21; great-grandmother of 33; and great-great-grandmother of 11 with a heart of gold. She was a kind-hearted, caring, compassionate, hardworking individual. She was a quiet person who did not want to burden others, gave advice only if asked, refused to mingle into others affairs, and loved fellowship. She prided herself as a hard worker, making pies at the young age of 7, working in the grain fields, milking cows, and fixing refreshments, lunches and dinners with her mother for her family and her father's farmhands, competing and besting her future husband during a friendly strawberry pick. Norma will be missed, but loved, by all of her family and friends. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Friday May 17, 2013 in the chapel of Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth, 5800 W 12th Street, Little Rock, 661-9111 with Rev. Leslie Willis of Parkway Place Baptist Church (PPBC) officiating. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday, May 16, 2013 between 6 and 8 p.m. at the funeral home. A luncheon for family members will be provided after the service at PPBC, 300 Parkway Place Drive. The family requests that memorials be made to Alzheimer's Research or to the charity of your choice. The family thanks Arkansas Hospice for their support during our mother's last days. To sign the online guestbook, go to www.griffinleggetthealeyroth.com.

Published May 15, 2013

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