Young, Nello O.   	

Nov. 18, 1914 - Jul. 15, 2007

Nello Ollie Young, 92, was born November 18, 1914, in Winnsboro, to William and 
Catharine Young, and he was the youngest of their six sons.

Nello graduated from a small one-room school in the rural community of Delwin near 
Paducah. After high school, he worked on the family farm before joining North 
American Aviation to build B-25 Mitchell bombers. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Army 
Air Corps and was stationed at Muroc, Calif. During a furlough home to Winnsboro 
in 1945, he met the love of his life, Dessie Lee Wall, and they married a short 
time later.

After the war, Nello and Dessie Lee lived in California for several years as he 
worked in construction and transport and earned a real estate degree. After 
returning to Texas, Nello also earned a degree in watch making from Kilgore Junior 
College, and he worked as a jeweler in Longview while he also got his real estate 
career established. Nello retired from real estate in the mid 1970s, and a few 
years later, he and Dessie Lee moved from Sherman to Lake Granbury. They made a 
final move to Kalispell, Mont. together in 1996. Nello had been a resident at the 
Montana State Veterans Home in Kalispell, Mont. since 2005.

Nello was preceded in death by his parents, William and Catharine; and his five 
brothers, Roy, Gus, Joe, Fred and Jimmy K.

Nello is survived by his wife of 61 years, Dessie Lee Wall Young; a daughter, Peggy 
Lee Young Garrett and husband, Mike of Palmer; a son, Ray A. Young and wife, Karen 
of Kalispell, Mont.; and two grandchildren, Andy Garrett and Nikki Young.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007, at the Cypress 
Cemetery near Winnsboro.

A family reception will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday evening, July 20, 2007, at 
Beatty Funeral Home in Winnsboro.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/18/2007.