Obituary of Carmen I. Young

Bedford - Carmen went to be with her Lord on Wednesday March 20, 2019 at 9:35 AM at Garden Villa in Bedford.

She was born to Arthur Franklin and Myrtle Mercer Barger on August 31, 1926 in Greenville, Kentucky. Her senior year they moved to Detroit, Michigan where she graduated from the High School of Commerce.

She married Richard Merle Young on September 12, 1946 in Detroit Michigan and he preceded her in death, along with her parents and one sister Dorothy Vohnell Watkins. She is survived by one daughter Susan (Bob) Evans of Bedford, one son Richard (Rick) Young and fiancé Julie Payne of Arcadia, FL. Three grandchildren, Trevor Evans of Lafayette, IN, Matt Evans of North Port, FL, and Kristen (Tim) Hyde of Bedford. Seven great-grandchildren, Aspen (Ben) Eckhart, Parker and Lukas Evans, Alexis Evans, Peyton, Briley and Taylor Hyde. Several nieces and nephews.

She was the Avon lady of Oolitic where she resided for over 50 years. She was also a former Girl Scout leader and a member of the local AARP chapter, and Bedford Senior Citizens. She retired from RCA in Bloomington in 1983 where she was a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. She was a member First Baptist Church in Bedford, where she had been active in the Woman’s Missionary group. As a teenager she knitted sweaters for the Red Cross to be given to the service men. When she was raising her family, she would knit toboggans giving them to family and friends. In 2005 she started to knit scarves for the heart patients at Bedford Regional Medical Center and in her later years you could catch her sitting at the table in the dining room at Garden Villa reading books by her favorite author Danielle Steel.

Viewing will be from 10AM until the funeral at 1 PM, Friday, March 22, 2019 at Day and Carter Mortuary with Nathan Sundt and Lee Brown officiating.  Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery.   Pallbearers will be Bob Evans, Tim Hyde, Trevor Evans, Matt Evans, Parker Evans, and Larry Arnold. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com