Verlee Matlock Young

March 15, 1925 - December 6, 2021

Verlee Matlock Young was born in the Gilchrist Community in McNairy County, Tennessee on March 15, 1925 the daughter of the late Herbert Wilburn and Elizabeth Cooksey Matlock. On November 1, 1941 she was united in marriage to George Presley Young, who preceded his wife in death on February 2, 1989. Verlee was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Counce, Tennessee. She was a resident of Counce, Tennessee for the past 72 years. Verlee departed this life on Monday, December 6, 2021 in Corinth, Mississippi at the age of 96 years, 8 months and 21 days. She is survived by her children, Wilburn (Bud) Young and his wife Marie of Corinth, Mississippi and Annecia Conaghan and her husband Jim of Springfield, Tennessee; grandchildren, E.K. Blackwell, III and wife Tammy, Michelle Blackwell, Andrea Clark, Allison Chambers and her husband Bryan, and Alan Young; great grandchildren, Marissa Boyer and her husband Aaron, Brad Landin and his wife Emily, Ben Landin and Bre Lee, and Ethan Young; great great grandchildren, Carter Bright, Brooks Landin, and Molly Kate Landin; and the Matlock girls, Kathy and Rebecca, her daily caregivers for the past 3 years. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Carolyn Loretta Blackwell; four sisters, Lillie Harper, Lou Dean Peak, Faye Garrison, and Peggy Wilkes; and one brother, Lyman Hayes Matlock Family encourages everyone to wear a mask please.