Thelma Young
Thelma Jean Young, 63, of Troy passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, at West Tennessee Healthcare-Martin.
Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgley.
Pallbearers will be her grandson, nephews and great-nephews.
White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Thelma was born Aug. 16, 1957, in Lake County, to the late Walter and Lona James Chessor of Hornbeak. She worked as a farmhand at Garrison’s Poultry Farm.
She is survived by her daughter, Stacy Chessor Davis of Troy; her sons and daughters-in-law, Justin and Andrea Young of Fulton and Jason and Nicole Young of Dukedom; grandchildren, Treyton Davis of Troy, Ryan and Cannon Young of Fulton and Adeline and Amelia Young of Dukedom; five sisters, Joyce Kelly Nelson of Troy, Brenda C. Futrell of Martin, Cathy G. Blanton of Mayfield, Ky., Mildred M. Criswell of Troy and Debbie J. Thomason of Hornbeak; two brothers, Joe Wayne Chessor of Fulton and James R. Chessor of South Fulton; six nephews, Edward B. Chessor, James M. Kelly, Larry “Bo” Chessor, Chad Blanton, Patrick Blanton and Cody Thomason; nine nieces, Tammy Mann, Karen McCullough, Sharon Montgomery, Katrina Isbell, Kimberly Roney, Lynn Cantrell, Melissa Blanton, Heather Boone and Shana Thomason; 28 great-nephews and nieces; and a countless number of friends.
In addition to her parents, Thelma was preceded in death by three brothers, Jerry B., Larry, and Bobby Chessor.
The family requests memorials be made to the National Breast Cancer Foundation at P.O. Box 676910, Dallas, TX 75267-6910.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 6.1.21
