Franklin Young Obituary

Dr. Franklin Alden Young, Jr. NINETY SIX, SC - Franklin Alden Young, Jr., Ph.D., 78, resident of 122 S. Cambridge St., husband of Carolyn Herron Young, died Saturday, January, 14, 2017 at Wesley Commons in Greenwood. Born in Harrisburg, PA, March 14, 1938, he was a son of the late Franklin A. Young, Sr. and Elizabeth Catterton Young. He was a US Navy Reserve Veteran having retired as Captain after 34 years of service. Dr. Young received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He retired as Department Chair of Materials Science from the MUSC College of Dental Science after over 30 years with the university. A member of Rocky Knoll Baptist Church in Walhalla and former member of James Island Baptist Church, Dr. Young was also a former Rotarian where he was the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award. He enjoyed tennis, fishing, traveling and most of all spending time with family. Surviving in addition to his wife of 43 years are his five children, Kathleen A. Wright of Mars Hill, NC, Philip B. Watson and wife Mary of Wadmalaw Island, SC, Mary Elizabeth DiPaolo and husband Charlie of Charleston, Suzanne C. Robinson and husband Raymond of Ninety Six and Thomas F. Young and wife Christy of Woodstock, GA; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, Warren J. Watson. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 AM Tuesday at Siloam Baptist Church, with Rev. Greg Spearman, Rev. Marc Vickers and Rev. Tom Brown officiating, with burial in Stephens Memorial Gardens in Toccoa, GA at 3:30. Pallbearers will be Philip B. Watson, Thomas F. Young, Raymond D. Robins, Matthew J. Walworth, P. Jesse Watson and Raymond "Trey" Robinson, III. The family is at the home in Ninety Six and will receive friends at the church from 10:00 to 11:00 Tuesday morning. Memorials may be made to Siloam Baptist Church, PO Box 373, Ninety Six, SC 29666 or to the National Parkinson Foundation, 200 SE 1st Street, Suite 800, Miami, FL, 33131. The family would like to thank the doctors and medical staff of Self Regional Medical Center, Wesley Commons and Hospice Care of the Piedmont for their dedication and loving care given during Dr. Young's illness. For online condolences visit www.blythfuneralhome.com. Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is assisting the Young family. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston