Joe Miller Young

Joe Miller Young

• Joe Miller Young was born on 6 November 1898 in Augusta, Houston County, Texas.
• Joe Miller Young registered for the draft in Cherokee County, Texas, while employed as a teacher in Alto. Permanent residence: Augusta, Houston County.
• He married Evelyn Mae Bay, daughter of William Eddins Bay and Susan Emma Brice, circa 1927.
• Joe Miller Young and Evelyn Mae Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in West University Place, Harris County, Texas, at 2816 Jarrard Street. Other members of the household included Joe Bay Young and Billy Joshua Young.
• He was employed as secretary of the Y.M.C.A, according to the 1930 census.
• Joe Miller Young and Evelyn Mae Bay appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Pima County, Arizona, at 3411 South 9th Avenue. Other members of the household included Joe Bay Young and Billy Joshua Young.
• He was employed as a public school principal, according to the 1840 census.
• Joe Miller Young died on 18 June 1968 at age 69 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• He was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 21 June 1968 in the Tucson Daily Citizen: Dr. Joe M. Young, former director of counseling and guidance for Tucson School District 1, died Tuesday in Baltimore, Md. He was 68. [:CR:[      A native of Augusta, Tex., he joined the District 1 staff in 1935 as a teacher at Safford Junior High School. He had served as principal of three schools prior to his appointment as guidance director in 1947. [:CR:[      A graduate of Sam Houston State Teachers College, he received his master and doctorate degrees from the University of Arizona. [:CR:[      After retiring from the Tucson district, he became head of the department of education at Athens College in Alabama. [:CR:[      He was a past president of the Tucson Community Council, the Pima County Association for Mental Health, the Tucson Education Association and Arizona Personnel and Guidance Association. [:CR:[      Dr. Young is survived by his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Bay Young, Athens, Ala; two sons, Joe B. of Baltimore and Bill J. of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Vera Tims, Bryan, Tex., and Mrs. W. F. Becker, Galena Park, Tex., and three brothers, Earl and E. J. both of Houston, and E. H. of New Orleans. [:CR:[      Services will be held tomorrow at Navasota, Tex., with interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Adnerson, Tex.

• Last Edited: 16 Jan 2016