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Young Yokum

Virginia Young Yokum

BRANCH - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Maryland Chapel CME Church in Branch for Mrs. Virginia Young Yokum, 96, who died Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 at the Lafayette home of one of her daughters.
Interment will be in the Branch Cemetery on Louisiana Highway 365.
The family has requested visitation at Maryland Chapel CME Church from 9 a.m. until the time of services on Saturday, Nov. 12
Virginia Young Yokum — or “Ms. Peggy,” “MawMaw” or “Mom,” as she was known to family and friends — was born in Branch on April 10, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. West Young Sr.
She was married to the late Joseph “Wash” Yokum for 68 years. Three daughters and one son were born to that union.
She attended schools in Acadia Parish.
Mrs. Yokum is survived by three daughters, Dolores Batiste (Walter Jr.) of Los Angeles, California, Geneva Yokum Jenkins (James Jr.) of Lafayette, and Ronnie Faye Yokum-Taylor of Lafayette; one sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Fontenot of Beaumont, Texas; five grandchildren, Cazzi Batiste (Taneka) of Gardenia, Cigi Batiste of Los Angeles, Sheffield Taylor II of Lafayette, Randi Taylor of Houston, Texas, and Travis Citizen of Church Point; and six great-grandchildren, T’Andra and Talani Batiste, Brycen Joseph Thibodeaux, Tyler and Tyra Citizen and Ka’Myron Singleton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph “Wash” Yokum; son, Rodney Lee Yokum; parents, Mr. and Mrs. West (Alma Rogers) Young; and siblings, Peaches Young of Branch, Chaney Johnson of Beaumont, Elma Guidry of Branch, David Young of Church Point, Isaiah Young of Norfolk, Virginia, Russel Young of Branch and West Young Jr. of Beaumont.
Syria Funeral Home of Lafayette is in charge of the arrangements.
 

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