Obituaries 10-23-25

WALTER EDWARD YOUNGBLOOD

Oct. 20, 2025

Funeral services for Walter Edward Youngblood, 95, will be at 9 a.m. on 
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 from Meadville Methodist church. Visitation will 
be from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church. A graveside service 
will be conducted at 1 p.m. from Union Church Cemetery.

He was born near Union Church in Jefferson County, where he lived all 
his 95 years other than those spent in college and the Army. The ninth 
of 10 children born to William Frank and Alice Cammack Youngblood, his 
life was defined by love of family, land and the church.

He attended what is now Co-Lin Community College and Mississippi State 
University, graduating there with a degree in Animal Science.

During the Korean War, he was stationed with his Mississippi National 
Guard unit at Fort Jackson, S.C. For many years, Ed raised cattle with 
his brother Claude on the family farm and worked the night shift at the 
Texas Eastern Pipeline Station in Union Church. He was renowned for his 
gardens and his cornbread.

In 1971, he married Betty Elaine Dyess of Laurel, with whom he created a 
home filled with love, family and service to Christ and his church. As 
faithful members of the Methodist Church in Meadville, they bore witness 
to their love for Christ. Their home was a gathering place for the 
extended Youngblood family, with generations of in-laws, nieces and 
nephews relishing visits to "the farm" and the attention of "Uncle Ed."

He died on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at Franklin County Memorial Hospital in 
Meadville.

He is survived by two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, 
sisters-in-law, Wilma Dyess Crosby of Baton Rouge, La., and Ollie Mae 
Youngblood of Brookhaven, a host of nephews and nieces and his faithful 
German Shepherd companion, Dozier.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his nine siblings, his daughter 
Bethany and his wife Betty.

To share condolences, please visit www.franklinfh.com.

Franklin Funeral Home of Meadville is in charge of arrangements.