The funeral will be Tuesday for Josephine Pettigrew Young, 89, Rutherfordton, formerly of Rowan County, who died Saturday (Sept. 21, 2002) at White Oak Manor, Rutherfordton, after a period of declining health.

Born April 6, 1913, in Reidsville, Mrs. Young was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Lula A. Hornbuckle Pettigrew. She was educated in the Reidsville schools

She was retired as a supervisor at Leisure Lads Manufacturing Co. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, Spencer.

Her husband, Hampton Theodore Young, preceded her in death.

Survivors include sons Richard Young, Spencer, and Charles Young, Newberry, S.C.; daughter Martha Meadows, Rutherfordton; brother Joseph A. Pettigrew Jr., Monroe; sisters Louise Allen, Charleston, S.C., and Isabel Gobbel, Alexandria, Va.; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Lyerly Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Robert McLawhorn, pastor, Central United Methodist Church, Spencer, and the Rev. Rodney Hagans, a former pastor at Central Methodist. Burial, Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of Richard Young.

Memorials: Central United Methodist Church, Maintenance Fund, 200Fourth St., Spencer, NC 28159; or White Oak Manor, Activity Department, 188 Oscar Justice Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

Salisbury Post (NC) - Monday, September 23, 2002
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North Carolina Birth Index
Name: Josephine Pettigrew
Gender: Female
Race: White
Event Type: delayedbirth
Birth Date: 6 Apr 1913
Birth County: Rockingham
Parent1 Name: Joseph Abner Pettigrew
Parent2 Name: Lula Belle Walker
Roll Number: NCVR_B_C084_68001
Volume: 19
Page: 86
(submitted by Robert Thompson)