Family of Marvin John YOUNG and Ruby Otelia LEWIS

Marvin YOUNG's siblings: Ila Lemmie Gracie YOUNG (1904-2005), Vester Vance YOUNG (1907-1986), Versie Menefee YOUNG (1909-2000), Onnie Wesley YOUNG (1911-1998), James Wilson YOUNG (1913-1969), Dorothy Lee Gold YOUNG (1921-2007) and Moir Rex YOUNG (1924-2001)

Ruby LEWIS's parents: Joel Pleasant LEWIS (1874-1949) and Ada Frances BROWN (1885-1964)

Ruby LEWIS's siblings: Claxton Abram LEWIS (1910-1982), Virginia LEWIS (1924-2013), Sam LEWIS ( - ), John LEWIS ( - ), Joel Poe LEWIS (1927-2000), George Brown LEWIS (1931-1972), Dudley LEWIS ( - ), Paul LEWIS ( - ) and Myra LEWIS ( - )

Family of Marvin John YOUNG and Ruby Otelia LEWIS

Husband:	Marvin John YOUNG (1906-1976)
Wife:	Ruby Otelia LEWIS (1908-1989)
Children:	Lojean YOUNG (1929-2012)
	Jennings Calvin YOUNG (1932-2013)
	Marvin Dean YOUNG (1934-1994)

Husband: Marvin John YOUNG


	Marvin John YOUNG

Name:	Marvin John YOUNG
Sex:	Male
Father:	James Wesley YOUNG (1874-1951)
Mother:	Martha Emma Lee Gold SMITH (1880-1972)
Birth	22 Jan 1906	Meadows, Stokes County, North Carolina
Occupation		Farmer
Death	16 Apr 1976 (age 70)	Meadows, Stokes County, North Carolina

Wife: Ruby Otelia LEWIS


	Ruby Otelia LEWIS, 1989, age 81

Name:	Ruby Otelia LEWIS
Sex:	Female
Father:	Joel Pleasant LEWIS (1874-1949)
Mother:	Ada Frances BROWN (1885-1964)
Birth	6 Nov 1908	Meadows, Stokes County, North Carolina
Death	30 May 1989 (age 80)	Meadows, Stokes County, North Carolina

Child 1: Lojean YOUNG


	Lojean YOUNG, 2008, age 79		Spouse: Eugene Garland SIZEMORE, 1994, age 68

Name:	Lojean YOUNG
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Eugene Garland SIZEMORE (1926-2002)
Birth	13 Oct 1929	Stokes County, North Carolina
Death	13 Apr 2012 (age 82)	Stokes County, North Carolina
Burial		Palmyra UMC, Germanton, North Carolina

Child 2: Jennings Calvin YOUNG


	Jennings Calvin YOUNG

Name:	Jennings Calvin YOUNG
Sex:	Male
Spouse 1:	Peggy ( - )
Spouse 2:	Mary Alice COLLINS
Birth	1 Apr 1932	Stokes County, North Carolina
Death	26 May 2013 (age 81)	Stokes County, North Carolina

Child 3: Marvin Dean YOUNG


	Marvin Dean YOUNG		Spouse: Phyllis Marie SPENCER, 2003, age 68

Name:	Marvin Dean YOUNG
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Phyllis Marie SPENCER (1935-2009)
Birth	12 Aug 1934	Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Occupation		Parts Manager
Death	18 Dec 1994 (age 60)	Germanton, North Carolina
Burial		Palmyra UMC, Germanton, NC

Additional Information

Death

Cause: Heart Disease

Note on Marriage

Marvin John Young farm survey 1936.

http://johnsyoung.com/FT-Files/Marvin-John-Young-Property-1936.pdf

(36.350855,-80.200602)

Note on Husband: Marvin John YOUNG (1)

Overview on Marvin John Young from Danny Young - 2014:

Marvin and Onnie were pretty stern when I was growing up. Onnie did mellow, and even become fun in his later years. Vester was the one who did so called "foolish" things in those days, such as take his family to the Parkway for a picnic, or take a pickup full of kids to Toms ice cream shop, or (horror!) let us watch "The Monkees" on his little black and white TV.

Marvin was some sort of Forest Fire watch guy. And he achieved some degree of status from that, as I recall. Marvin’s son, Jennings (who was a high school football star) told me that Marvin refused to let him play until the farm work was done. At least once, the coach rounded up kids from the school, and went to Marvin's and worked for free to ensure Jennings got to play.

Marvin married Ruby Lewis. She was an angel. She was always sweet and nice to me. She endured hard living at the first. But I recall being at their house on the hill and watching one of the first COLOR TV’s around.

He was, like the other Young’s, a METICULOUS tobacco farmer. Insisting all who worked in his crop be very careful with his tobacco. And he got results. His tobacco got top dollar. He was a respected farmer.

The labor to work the tobacco fields was family. Marvin and his family would work for his brothers Onnie and Vester, and Lester Alley and Paul Southern (who had married Marvin's sisters) and their families. They called it "swappin' work."

Many times, after supper but before dark on summer evenings, I would walk with my grandpa, Onnie, to the top of his driveway. He would look at me and sternly say, "Hush!"

Then he would cup one hand to the side of his mouth. He was right handed. So he cupped his left hand beside his mouth, and his strong arm would stretch back as he yelled "Whoooo Marn!"

Marvin became Marn. It seems single syllables carried better in this "hollerin'" form of communication.

Pretty soon Marvin would appear at the side of his yard, a quarter mile away. "WHAAAA?"

"YOU PRIMIN' DA MORRAH?"

Priming tobacco was the term used for harvesting.

Then we could hear Lester join in. We couldn't understand what Lester was saying. He was too far away. But Marvin could hear him from his house and would relay. And father away still, Vester would join in. Vester was too far away for us to even hear. But Lester would relay. And the following workday was planned this way.

The workers were; from Marvin's family, Marvin, Ruby, Lojean and her sons Mike and Calvin. Lojeans husband, Garland was a third shift mechanic, and Jennings was in the Army.

From Lester's family, Dot and their daughter Kim. Lester ran a Maytag washing machine store that seemed to keep him busy.

From Vester’s family, Vester and his sons Donald, Wesley and Jimmy.

From Onnie's family, Onnie, Kathleen, Larry and Dallas. Also Eunice (Bobby's wife, Bobby worked days in town) and her sons Randy and Danny.

Occasionally, Hanes Watts (Ila Young Watts’ son) would help. And sometimes Ila's daughter, Loretta would come and bring her kids Stanley, Rebecca and Delores.

After Marvin suffered a debilitating stroke, Ruby cared for him 24/7. Marvin was prone to inappropriate outbursts after the stroke. This is now known as the Pseudobulbar affect. So visitors dwindled and after a couple of years, only a very few people outside the immediate family came to visit. I don't remember Ruby getting out except to get her hair done on occasion.

I remember Marvin being helped down the steps at Grandma Emma's (Marvin's Mother) birthday gathering. It was thought a good idea to get him out of the house (post stroke) and bring him to the big family gathering. He made a few inappropriate comments (and to clarify, these were NOT part of his pre stroke character AT ALL) and I recall Vester and I think Lester Alley or Paul Southern, one on each of Marvin's arms, gently helping him down the back steps, and putting him in the car.

In closing, Marvin was a respected farmer and fire Marshall. He was a stern taskmaster but got things done and held up his end of the deal. He was a responsible person. He seemed to have managed his finances well.

Note on Husband: Marvin John YOUNG (2)

Per Clyde Smith:

Marvin bought a new Farmall Tractor and when he was plowing on the side of a step hill he turned it over. The tractor was sent back to the dealer to be fixed and when Marvin got the tractor back he turned it over again on the same hill.