Emma Jewel Young

Funeral services for Emma Jewel Young, 89, of Henderson, will be held at Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home chapel on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 11:00 am with Rev. Bill Tisdale and Rev. Robert Hall officiating. Interment will be in New Prospect Cemetery under the direction of Crawford - A. Crim Funeral Home.Jewel was born September 26, 1920 in Rusk County and passed away September 5, 2010 at Autumn Leaves Nursing Home. She attended school in Tatum. At the age of 47, she became a Licensed Vocational Nurse. She worked for 20 years and retired from Henderson Memorial Hospital. She loved nursing, but nursing ran second to her love for her Husband, Pete. She and Pete were married on September 10, 1938. They were inseparable. They seldom took vacations and seldom ate out. They liked the simple things in life. They loved each other's company and that of their family. Although they had no children of their own, they had plenty of nephews and nieces that filled their lives with joy. They were married 66 years until his death in 2004. After Pete's death and until the day she died, she will always be remembered for making her decisions based on what Pete would do. How many times has the family heard her say, "Pete and I never did that" or "Pete and I always voted this way." Our family laughs about that often. Jewel loved her kitchen. She loved cooking every meal for her husband. Every year you could find her putting up her fig preserves and cucumber pickles that were raised in her back yard. If you visited Jewel, you couldn't leave until you had your jars of figs and pickles.Jewel was preceded in death by her parents, Owen W. and Eva Mae Williamson; her husband of 66 years, Preston (Pete) Young; half brothers, Emmett W. Waits and Clifford Angus Waits; a half sister, Ruby Waits Sharp; brothers Alma D. Williamson, Eddie Williamson, and Edwin R. Williamson; and one sister, Evie Mae Price. She was also preceded in death by several brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws. She is survived by a cousin, Robert Beall and wife Catherine of Henderson; a niece, Melba Lynn Knight and husband Fred of Irving; nephews Jerome Waits and Ronald Waits of Longview; sister-in-laws, Dolly York of North Richland Hills, Nadine Berry of Henderson, Jane Young of Pflugerville, and Bonnie Marie Brewer of Kokomo, IN; and numerous other nephews and nieces.She was a member of First Baptist Church of Henderson.Pallbearers will be Tommy Berry, Bobby Berry, Fred Knight, Bill Nations, Chance Martin, and Terry Register. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Beall, Billy Joe Young, Jerry Young, and Johnny Young.Visitation will be Wednesday, September 8, at 10:00 am, one hour before service at Crawford - A. Crim. Those who wish to make donations in Jewel's memory may contribute to Angel Care Hospice at 209 Highway 79N, Suite 102, Henderson, Tx, 75652.Condolences may be made at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Emma Jewel Young

September 26, 1920 - September 5, 2010