He was raised on his family home and graduated from Shelby High in 1932 and graduated from Davidson College in 1936. He loved to tell the story of taking a cow to Davidson College. The cow provided milk for the cafeteria, which reduced his college expense. He was a member of the Ne Ultra Society of Davidson College and later received the Davidson Outstanding Alumni Award in 1976. A lifelong member of First Baptist Church, he was a deacon and Sunday school superintendent. His strong belief for missions led him to serve as a trustee of Gardner-Webb University, a charter member and president of Gardner-Webb Board of Directors, a trustee of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, a member of the General Board of the N.C. Baptist State Convention, a trustee of N.C. Baptist Hospital and moderator of Kings Mountain Baptist Association. Before his health limited his mobility, he regularly participated in prison ministry. He was inducted into the Army in 1941, served as a major in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. He returned to Shelby after the war where he co-founded Young Brothers Furniture Store and Young Rentals while being very active in local, state and national politics. His dedication to helping others was a lifelong calling. He was a charter member of the Cleveland County Heart Association, the Cleveland County Cancer Society and the Shelby Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was a past chairman of the Cleveland County March of Dimes. He served on the board of directors for the Red Cross, Kiwanis Club, Salvation Army and United Way. He was awarded the Shelby Jaycees Young Man of the Year in 1950, Shelby Lions Man of the Year in 1970, North Carolina Mental Health Association Volunteer of the Year in 1969 and North Carolina Citizens Participation Volunteer of the Year at the Governor's Mansion in 1976. He had a passion for exceptional children and people with mental illness. He was a charter member of the Cleveland County Mental Health Association, president of the North Carolina Mental Health Association, member of the North Carolina Mental Health Study Commission, member of the Governor's Advisory Council of Comprehensive Health Planning for North Carolina, member of the Dean's Division of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine and recipient of the North Carolina Mental Health Association Volunteer of the Year Award. He was also instrumental in the beginnings of public kindergartens and special education in North Carolina. In recent years, North Shelby School has been dear to his heart and he was honored to be friends with the school and its students. He was loved by his family and will be missed by many. His Sunday school class wrote of him, "This quiet and humble, yet giant of a man exemplifies Jesus Christ. Jesus wasted no time in ritual, but met the sinner, the brokenhearted, the poor, and the outcast where they were. Carlos has ministered to society in a like manner. He has loved the unlovable and walked where angels fear to tread. May this class look to Carlos as the example of how it should treat mankind. Carlos, we love you more than words can express and thank you for loving us." Mr. Young was preceded in death by his parents, H. Fields and Nina Lowery Young; his son, Carlos Lowery Young Jr.; two brothers, H. Fields Young Jr. and Lamar "Buddy" Young; and a sister, Kathleen Young Foy. Mr. Young died surrounded by his family at his home at age 91.