ESTHER LEE BOWEN YOUNG 1947 – 2023

YOUNG

Funeral services for Esther Lee Bowen Young, 75, of Katy, TX and formerly of Richards, TX were held Saturday, April 22, 2023, at First Baptist Church, Richards, with Rev. L. Dunbar officiating.

Esther passed April 8, 2023, at Choice Hospice, Houston following a brief illness. She was born April 19, 1947, to the parentage of Theory and Sallie Fair Green Bowen of Grimes County, TX. She was a lifelong member of Robinson Hill Bapt. Church, of the Pineywoods (Richards) area, serving with the Women’s Ministry and Bible Study, the church choir, and the Usher Board. She attended community schools., graduating from Richards High, class of 1967, and furthered her education at Mary Allen College, Crockett, with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Esther met and married her college sweetheart, Eugene Young of Oklahoma, to which union, two children were born.

Preceding her in death, were her husband, Eugene; and son Michael Young; parents, five brothers, and two sisters.

Pleasant memories are left with her daughter, Loretta C. Young, of Katy-Houston; grandchildren, Christopher (Destney ) of Hearne, Christian and Godson, Bryan Lewis of Houston, and God grandson, Terry Dean of Richards; sister, Hester Bowen Lewis (James) of Houston; and a brother Bobby Bowen of Baytown; and other collateral relatives and friends.

Esther was laid to rest, next to her son, Michael in the Pineywoods Cemetery, Co. Rd 214 at Co. Rd. 215, Anderson-Richards, Tx.