Jeanette Debardelaben Young

Jeanette DeBardelaben Young, 82, of Columbus, Georgia, went home Tuesday, December 8, 2015.  Funeral services will be held Friday, December 18, 2015 at 11:00 am.  The family will receive friends prior to the service at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd., Columbus, Georgia, from 10:00 till 11:00 am.  Interment will conclude services at Fort Benning’s Cemetery.Jeanette was born October 18, 1933 in Seale, Alabama to the late John Edward and Myrtle Elizabeth DeBardelaben.  She was a member of Evangel Temple Assembly of God of Columbus.   She graduated from West Central Georgia Baptist Institute earning four diplomas:  Diploma in Christian Ministry, Associates in Theology, Master of Theology Diploma, and Master Diploma in Religious Education.  She stated, “Other than family, these were the happiest of times, learning God’s Words.”

Jeanette is preceded in death by her parents, her nine siblings, her sons and daughter, Joseph, Michael, and Christella, and great-grandson Caden Sanders.

Survivors include her loving husband, Retired Sgt. Clarence E. “Shorty” Young, Sr. of Columbus; five children:  Carolyn Young of Columbus, Clarence Young, Jr. (Jeanette) of Columbus, David Young (Tessie) of Prairie Village, Kansas, Matthew Collins (Dawanna) of Waverly Hall, and Jo Rita Canelón (Rolando) of Lake Park, GA.

15 grandchildren:  Heather Worrell, Travis Young, April Reese, Amy Harrell, Holly Boulette, Jennifer Widdows, Shannon Young, Joseph Young, Daniel Young, Rolando Canelón, José Canelón,  Jeremy Tripp, Tabetha Collins, Terri Sue Collins, and Matthew Collins, Jr.

14 great-grandchildren: Haley Worrell, Hadleigh Worrell, Hope Worrell, Jason Harrell,

Stephanie Harrell, Travis Young, Jr., Lotus West, Jaykob Reese, Jackson Reese, Gracie Boulette,

Ivan Widdows, Lucille Widdows, Kamille Tripp, and Scarlet Tripp.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her honor may be made to Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, 200 S. Park Road, Suite 100, Hollywood, FL  33021, www.diabetesresearch.org or Gideons International, P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214, 615-564-5000, www.gideons.org

Those so desiring may visit www.vancebrooksfuneralhome.net.