Martha Younger

Mrs. Martha Young Younger, age 86, of 233 Wyndover Drive passed away at her residence on Thursday, January 31, 2019.  She was a life time member of Fairview United Methodist Church. Martha was born in Danville on July 17, 1932 to the late Thomas Earl Young and Cary Harris Young. She is survived by her husband, Roy P. Younger.  Roy and Martha met at Ballou Park Pavilion after night school in 1951 and Roy was interested in Martha immediately.  Roy asked her for a date, but she said she didn’t know and he followed her home to see where she lived.  Eventually Roy and Martha began dating and were married on June 28, 1952; Roy was 18 years old and Martha was 19 years old.  Roy had a house built prior to their marriage and they spent the first night of their honeymoon in it.  Roy had to sell his car to buy a refrigerator and stove for the new home and had to borrow his father-in-law’s car to take Martha on their honeymoon.  After 15 months of marriage, their first child was born; three more were to follow and on June 28, 2018, the couple celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary. Martha is survived by her four children; her two daughters Cynthia Huffman (Mike) and Jeanne Weatherford, and her two sons, Preston Younger and Tim Younger (Miki), along with 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.  She is also survived by her brother, Sonny Young, and predeceased by a sister, Katherine Godwin. Martha graduated from George Washington High School and became a bookkeeper for Clark Electric.  In 1960, Martha began keeping books for her husband’s companies.  Martha kept the books for all of Roy’s companies including Younger Construction and at one time she was keeping the books for seven different companies. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 3:00 P.M. from Townes Memorial Chapel with the Reverend Linwood Cook officiating.  Interment will follow in Danville Memorial Gardens.  The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 P.M. before the service at the funeral home and at other times will be at the residence, 233 Wyndover Drive. The family request that memorials may be directed to Fairview United Methodist Church, Maintenance Building Fund, 1013 Westover Drive, Danville, VA  24541 Townes Funeral Home and Crematory, 215 West Main Street is serving the Younger family.  Online condolences may be directed to www.townesfuneralhome.com.