Paul Rice Young Jr, age 82, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 31, 1996.
He was born September 21, 1913 in Gilmer, Texas, the son of Paul Rice and Eva Cleo (Chandler) Young.
He graduated from Little Rock Public Schools and Washington University.
He was employed by the National Park Service where he assisted in the design of the original five Arkansas state parks. In 1933, he was assigned to Devil's Den State Park as supervising architect.
He formed the architectural firm of Paul Young and Associates in 1937 in Fayetteville. For the next 48 years, Young designed many of the schools, churches, commercial, industrial and residential structures in the area, including the Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
He and Helen Virginia Appleby were married September 28, 1937, they were the parents of four sons.
He was predeceased by his parents; his wife; and a son, Charles Appleby Young.
Survivors include three sons, Paul Young III of Dallas, Thomas C. Young of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Robert S. Young of Miami.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, in the Young Family Plot
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A long-time Fayetteville architect. Young served as the architect for several well-known buildings in Northwest Arkansas including the Washington County Hospital in 1948, the University of Arkansas Law School in 1951 and the university's Delta Gamma House - now University House - in 1958..
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Arkansas State Board of Architects. The 1955 New Orleans Convention of the American Institute of Architects conferred upon him a certificate of merit for community service in recognition of outstanding service to his community above and beyond his normal function of professional practice. He served as director of McIlroy Bank and Trust from 1946 to 1989, and he was a member of Central United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the Official Board and Board of Trustees.
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Eva Cleo Chandler was born July 21, 1894. She was the daughter of Thomas Henry Chandler and Emma Josephine Peteet. Eva died April 2, 1964 in Fayetteville, AR, at 69 years of age.
He was born September 21, 1913 in Gilmer, Texas, the son of Paul Rice and Eva Cleo (Chandler) Young.
He graduated from Little Rock Public Schools and Washington University.
He was employed by the National Park Service where he assisted in the design of the original five Arkansas state parks. In 1933, he was assigned to Devil's Den State Park as supervising architect.
He formed the architectural firm of Paul Young and Associates in 1937 in Fayetteville. For the next 48 years, Young designed many of the schools, churches, commercial, industrial and residential structures in the area, including the Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
He and Helen Virginia Appleby were married September 28, 1937, they were the parents of four sons.
He was predeceased by his parents; his wife; and a son, Charles Appleby Young.
Survivors include three sons, Paul Young III of Dallas, Thomas C. Young of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Robert S. Young of Miami.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, in the Young Family Plot
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A long-time Fayetteville architect. Young served as the architect for several well-known buildings in Northwest Arkansas including the Washington County Hospital in 1948, the University of Arkansas Law School in 1951 and the university's Delta Gamma House - now University House - in 1958..
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Arkansas State Board of Architects. The 1955 New Orleans Convention of the American Institute of Architects conferred upon him a certificate of merit for community service in recognition of outstanding service to his community above and beyond his normal function of professional practice. He served as director of McIlroy Bank and Trust from 1946 to 1989, and he was a member of Central United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the Official Board and Board of Trustees.
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Eva Cleo Chandler was born July 21, 1894. She was the daughter of Thomas Henry Chandler and Emma Josephine Peteet. Eva died April 2, 1964 in Fayetteville, AR, at 69 years of age.
Paul Rice Young Jr, age 82, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, died Sunday, March 31, 1996.
He was born September 21, 1913 in Gilmer, Texas, the son of Paul Rice and Eva Cleo (Chandler) Young.
He graduated from Little Rock Public Schools and Washington University.
He was employed by the National Park Service where he assisted in the design of the original five Arkansas state parks. In 1933, he was assigned to Devil's Den State Park as supervising architect.
He formed the architectural firm of Paul Young and Associates in 1937 in Fayetteville. For the next 48 years, Young designed many of the schools, churches, commercial, industrial and residential structures in the area, including the Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
He and Helen Virginia Appleby were married September 28, 1937, they were the parents of four sons.
He was predeceased by his parents; his wife; and a son, Charles Appleby Young.
Survivors include three sons, Paul Young III of Dallas, Thomas C. Young of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Robert S. Young of Miami.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, in the Young Family Plot
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A long-time Fayetteville architect. Young served as the architect for several well-known buildings in Northwest Arkansas including the Washington County Hospital in 1948, the University of Arkansas Law School in 1951 and the university's Delta Gamma House - now University House - in 1958..
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Arkansas State Board of Architects. The 1955 New Orleans Convention of the American Institute of Architects conferred upon him a certificate of merit for community service in recognition of outstanding service to his community above and beyond his normal function of professional practice. He served as director of McIlroy Bank and Trust from 1946 to 1989, and he was a member of Central United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the Official Board and Board of Trustees.
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Eva Cleo Chandler was born July 21, 1894. She was the daughter of Thomas Henry Chandler and Emma Josephine Peteet. Eva died April 2, 1964 in Fayetteville, AR, at 69 years of age.
He was born September 21, 1913 in Gilmer, Texas, the son of Paul Rice and Eva Cleo (Chandler) Young.
He graduated from Little Rock Public Schools and Washington University.
He was employed by the National Park Service where he assisted in the design of the original five Arkansas state parks. In 1933, he was assigned to Devil's Den State Park as supervising architect.
He formed the architectural firm of Paul Young and Associates in 1937 in Fayetteville. For the next 48 years, Young designed many of the schools, churches, commercial, industrial and residential structures in the area, including the Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
He and Helen Virginia Appleby were married September 28, 1937, they were the parents of four sons.
He was predeceased by his parents; his wife; and a son, Charles Appleby Young.
Survivors include three sons, Paul Young III of Dallas, Thomas C. Young of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Robert S. Young of Miami.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, in the Young Family Plot
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A long-time Fayetteville architect. Young served as the architect for several well-known buildings in Northwest Arkansas including the Washington County Hospital in 1948, the University of Arkansas Law School in 1951 and the university's Delta Gamma House - now University House - in 1958..
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Arkansas State Board of Architects. The 1955 New Orleans Convention of the American Institute of Architects conferred upon him a certificate of merit for community service in recognition of outstanding service to his community above and beyond his normal function of professional practice. He served as director of McIlroy Bank and Trust from 1946 to 1989, and he was a member of Central United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the Official Board and Board of Trustees.
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Eva Cleo Chandler was born July 21, 1894. She was the daughter of Thomas Henry Chandler and Emma Josephine Peteet. Eva died April 2, 1964 in Fayetteville, AR, at 69 years of age.
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