2019 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Bolivia. He was born at Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport on February 22, 1936, son of Joseph Henry Young, Jr. and
Frances Davis Young.
Jobie moved to Pearson, Georgia as a very small child where his father owned and
operated a turpentine distillery. After his father died when he was 10 years old, he and
his mother and sister moved back to Southport. In his teenage years, he worked at
many jobs to help his mother. Those jobs included working on shrimp, fish,
menhaden, and charter fishing boats; Kilpatrick Funeral Home, for the county repairing
schools and painting in the summer, sawing wood for people to burn in the winter -
anything to help his mother.
After graduating from Southport High School in 1954, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy,
serving on the USS Delta all over the Pacific and was a proud Navy veteran. After he
got out of the Navy, he attended Wilmington College and East Carolina University -
dropping out for a year after his mother died. He went back to college at Pembroke
College where he finished his degree.
He was the first drivers education teacher in Brunswick County; worked for the
Register of Deeds of Brunswick County; helped develop Memory Lane in Southport;
built houses in Southport and Long Beach as well as his own home. His last job before
retiring was Captain of the Guard Force at Sunny Point. After retiring, he enjoyed
gardening and supplying vegetables to all of his friends and neighbors. He was a
wonderful carpenter - building furniture and repairing everything at his home.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Judy Young White and is
survived by his wife, Trudy McNeil Young of the home; a son, Joseph Manning Young
(Heather) of Poulsbo, Washington; step-son, Erik Hufham (Missy), step-daughter,
Katherine Hufham, step-daughter, Marie Hufham Hughes (Curtis) of Southport; three
beloved grandchildren - Jackson Young of Poulsbo, Washington; Grant Hufham of
Greenville, North Carolina, and Ashley Hufham of Spring Lake, North Carolina; a niece;
Fran White of Southport; and great-nephews, Garrett Swain and Bryan Swain of
Southport. Also surviving are very close friends, Ronnie Caster, Gerald and Charlotte
Cochran, Roy Daniel, and Beverly Oberjohann.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 30th, 2019 in the Northwood Cemetery. A celebration of his life will follow the service in the Jaycee building.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 955 Mercy Lane,
Bolivia, NC 28422.
Thank you to all of Jobie’s friends and neighbors for your kindness and support during
his illness.
Online condolences may be made at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.
Peacock - Newnam & White Funeral and Cremation Service, Southport, North Carolina.
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