Ellen Rose Young

82 year old Ellen Rose Young of Woodbury died Friday at Woodbury Nursing Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Smithville Church of God. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Jeff Armstrong and Donnie Kelly will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, William “Pete” Young; parents, Lloyd and Lillian Bluhm Braswell; a brother, Truman Braswell; and a step-son, Freddie Young. Survivors include a daughter, Rita and husband Gerry Nokes; grandchildren, Tonya and Bill Melton and Stephanie and Tommy Alexander; great grandchildren, Jacob and Heather Melton, Erica Melton, Jarrett Melton, and Rachel and Luke Alexander; and great great grandchild, Allie Melton all of Woodbury. Step daughter, Brenda Kirby of Chattanooga. Step son, Ricky and wife Donna Young of McMinnville. Two brothers, Charles and wife Elizabeth Braswell of Georgia and James Braswell of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family asks that donations be made to the Smithville Church of God, in lieu of flowers.