Walter Russell Young, 64, of Waldron, Ark., died Tuesday, June15, 2010, at Mercy Hospital of Scott County, in Waldron, frommetastatic malignant melanoma.

He was born Jan. 27, 1946, in Bogalusa, La., to Walter Louis andHazel Taylor Young.

He was a member of the Dayton Church of Christ and a 1963graduate of Covington High School, Covington, La.; graduated in1967 from LSU, Baton Rouge with a degree in Chemical Engineering,and graduated in 1975 from LSU Medical School, New Orleans with anM.D. degree.

He began a private practice in family medicine at Brookhaven, inJuly 1976. He moved to Waldron in 1983 and remained in privatepractice until March 19, 2010.

He is survived by his wife, Linda of the home; daughter, ChristyLong and husband, James of Waldron; three stepsons, Stan Rose,Stuart Rose and wife Teresa, all of Greenwood, Ark., and Steve Roseand wife Tammie, of Waldron; six grandchildren, Zach Rose, ofGreenwood, Ark., Leah and Justin Long, of Waldron, Allison Rose, ofGreenwood, Ark., and Kaylin and Ashlin Rose, of Waldron; a sister,Darlene Palliser and husband, Tommy, of Covington, La.; twobrothers, Earl Young, of Bush, La., and Jim Young and wife Joan, ofSan Antonio, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 18, atthe Dayton Church of Christ, 2230 E. Hwy. 252, Huntington, Ark.,with burial at Parks Cemetery, Highway 28 E., Gravelly, Ark., underthe direction of McConnell Funeral Home of Greenwood, Ark. LarryBridges and Jack Sorrells will be officiating; song leader will beLowell Ashley.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 17,at the funeral home, where the family will visit with friends from6 until 8 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Chris and David Young, Larry Davis, Dr.Nathan Bennett, Steve Hattabaugh and Terry Plumber. Honorarypallbearers will be Bill Laster, Doug Graves and Larry Owen.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested donations be made tothe W. Russell Young, M.D. Scholarship Fund at P.O. Box 1741,Waldron, AR 72958, or Dayton Church of Christ Building Fund, 2330E. Highway 252, Huntington, AR 72940.

To place an online tribute, please visit www.mcconnellfh.com.