Elizabeth West

Young

Elizabeth Young, 87, of Thomasville, passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at Southern Pines Senior Living Facility, in Thomasville, Georgia. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 2:00 pm. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, in the funeral home chapel. She will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Elizabeth was born in Newton, GA to the late Wilburn West and Lucille Collins on December 11, 1935. After attending Baker County Highschool, Newton, Georgia, she moved to Thomasville, and began working as a Nurses Aide at Archbold Memorial Hospital. It is there that she met her husband of 53 years, James Thomas Young. Elizabeth retired from Archbold Hospital, after 26 years of service. She received training in bookkeeping, at Thomas Area Technical School, and kept books for her husband's local business, Young's Auto Electric, for many years, and taught preschool at Thomasville Christian School. Eventually, she and her husband purchased a small farm in Coolidge, Georgia, where she lived for 40 years. She enjoyed living a quiet country life, being close to her family, working the land with her husband. She had a servant's heart and enjoyed serving her family and others. She enjoyed library activities, volunteering often, and actively served in her local church community. She gave her life to the Lord Jesus Christ, at an early age, and shared her faith with everyone she met. She instilled her love for Jesus in her children and it was her desire that all would come to know Christ as their Savior.

She was proceeded in death by her husband, James Thomas Young, her eldest son, Terryle Young and his wife, Donna, as well as siblings: Johnny West, Hubert West, Nellie Stuckey, Alton West and James West. Sister-n-law, Christine West and brother-n-law, Charles Wayne Stuckey.  Survivors include; her children, David Young (Susie) of Thomasville, Teresa Fielding (Clifton) of Thomasville, and Judy Warmack (Shawn) of Pavo, GA, siblings, William West (Denise) of Dawson, GA, and Avis Fowler (Joe) of Indiana, sister-n-laws, Faye West of Dawson, GA and Debbie West of Seymour, TN, nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.