76 year old Willie James Lee Young of Sparta died Monday at DeKalb Community Hospital. He was a member of the Peeled Chestnut Church and retired from Dwyers Instrument. The funeral will be Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Gary Farris will officiate and burial will be in the Peeled Chestnut Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Hallie Mabe Young; his wife, Dessie Hicks Young; a daughter, Denise Arlene Daniels; one sister, Lorene Davis; two brothers, Wiley Gene Young and Willard Young. He is survived by one daughter, Gail and husband Frosty Osborne of Indiana; two sons, Lloyd and his wife Reanne Young of Indiana, and Greg Young of Sparta; one brother, Ernest Young of Sparta. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.