Henry Lewis Young, Jr., 77, died November 15, 2015, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.  Born in Atlanta to the late Henry Lewis Young, Sr. and Rosa Croft Young on March 9, 1938, Henry graduated from Murphy High School in Atlanta in 1956.  He joined the 82nd Airborne Division and served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1957 to 1961. For many years he was Judge Advocate of the 82nd Airborne Division Association. Henry graduated from Emory University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1967 he graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law where he served as Articles Editor of the University of Virginia Law Review, after which he practiced law in the State of Georgia for 47 years.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Detweiler, son James Britton Young and wife Kelly of Sanford NC; daughter Maria Croft Young Price and husband Larry of San Marcos TX; sister Rosa Young McNairy of Greensboro NC; brothers Robert Croft Young and J. Richard Young, both of Atlanta; grandson, Britton Allen Young and granddaughters, Brooke Ellen Young and Savannah Blaire Young, as well as 9 nieces and nephews and 15 great nieces and nephews. 

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 21st at The Church of the Apostles-North, 34 Grant Road West, Dawsonville, GA 30534. The family will receive visitors after the service.  Henry’s ashes will be scattered at a later date by the family at Brasstown Bald, the highest natural point in Georgia.  In lieu of flowers donations can be made to http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

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