Lizzie Roxie (Carnes) Young

Mrs. Lizzie Roxie Carnes Young, age 86 of the Teloga Community, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024 in a Rome Hospital.

Mrs. Young was born in Lafayette, Georgia on February 27, 1937, daughter of the late William Hugh Carnes and Alma Annie Cook Carnes.  She was a member of the Ridgeway Baptist Church and was a homemaker.  Mrs. Young loved Jesus, singing Gospel Music, sewing, and working in her flowers gardens, but her favorite activity was spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Young was preceded in death by her husband, John K. Young, Sr.; daughter, Judy Crabtree; sisters, Christeen Scoggins and Clara Jo Wallin; and a brother, Fairley Carnes.

Mrs. Young is survived by a son, John K. “Kelly” Young, Jr.; daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Bruce Wallin; son-in-law, Randy Crabtree; brothers, Charles William “Bud” Carnes and Hugh Gene “Rod” Carnes; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sue and Charlie Gilbreath, Ann and Jerry Williams and Eloise Cantrell; brother-in-law, Eddie Wallin; grandchildren, Lacy Bowman, Lindsey and Bryan Keith, Ross and Lindsey Crabtree, Blake and Carrie Crabtree, Kelsy Young and Hagan Young; 11 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Young will be held Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Carnes officiating and Lacy Bowman delivering the eulogy.  Private Interment will be in the Macedonia Cemetery.

Pallbearers will include Terrell Scoggins, Tim Gilbreath, Bryan Keith, Ross Crabtree and Blake Crabtree.

Mrs. Young will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Thursday from 1:00 P.M. until the funeral hour.

Coffman Funeral Home, Petitt Chapel is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Lizzie Roxie Carnes Young.  Please visit www.coffmanfh.net to sign our online guestbook and post condolences.