ELLEN TAPLEY YOUNG

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Ellen Tapley Young, age 94, of Tennille departed Earthly life on Monday, October 18, 2021 at her residence in Washington County. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday October 20, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery. Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. The family will receive friends at the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of service at 11:00 A.M.

Ellen was the daughter of the late Hoke Tapley and the late Linnie Dee Cordry Tapley. She was born October 20, 1926 in Johnson County. Mrs. Young was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Robert “Bobby” Hudson Young, Jr.; brother, Kenneth Tapley; and nephews, Kenneth Tapley, Jr. and Michael Tapley. Ellen and Bobby enjoyed a happy and peaceful life on their farm outside of Tennille. She was a faithful member of the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church and dearly loved her Church and Church family. From 1977 to 1989, Mrs. Young served as the Washington County Probate Judge and found great joy in meeting and helping people.

Survivors include her daughter, Paula Y. Smith-Bryan and her significant other Jimmy D. Frazier of Tennille; granddaughter, Lindsey Kelly Anderson and her significant other Jess Anderson; great-grandson, Hudson Flynn Anderson; niece, Nancy L. Tapley-Demeter; and extended members of the Cordry and Tapley families.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church, 154 Mt. Gilead Church Road, Tennille, Georgia 31089 or to the Washington County Historical Museum, P. O. Box 6088, Sandersville, Georgia 31082.

Online condolences may be expressed at mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com.

May and Smith Funeral Directors in Sandersville is in charge of the arrangements.