The News, February 24, 1945
LIEUT. H. FAHRNEY YOUNG, USN, 45, a native of Frederick, was among 17 persons killed when an American Airlines plane, on a New York to Los Angeles flight, crashed early Friday morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Cedar Springs, Va. Lieut. Young's death was established when his name was not listed among the five survivors who were admitted to a hospital at Marion, Va. after being transported three miles through steep, heavily wooded county.
Relatives here were formally notified of Lieut. Young's death late last night. Alton Y. Bennet, a cousin, said the body is being brought to the M. R. Etchison and Son funeral home and funeral services will be held at a time to be announced.
Lieut. Young, who visited his aunts, Mrs. Nan L. Wiener and Mrs. Hattie M. Young, 314 North Market street, last weekend, was en route back to his home in San Diego. He boarded the plane in Washington shortly before midnight Thursday, relatives said.
Lieut. Young was sent east about three weeks ago by the Navy for an inspection tour of aviation equipment officers' schools throughout the south. While in Frederick he told relatives of the schools he had instituted which instructed men in methods of survival when forced down. He taught them how to live on roots, fish and edible insects and prided himself upon the fact that no one of his graduates had failed to survive after being forced to "bail out."
A son of the late Henry D. and Florence V. Young, this city, Lieut. Young was raised by his aunts, Mrs. Wiener and Mrs. Young. He grew up in Frederick and then enlisted in Naval Aviation on February 27, 1920. He resided in Washington for some years and several years ago moved with his family to California.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Weant Young, formerly of Detour, a former nurse at the Frederick City Hospital, and two children, Nancy May, 16, and Robert Eugene, 13.
Lieut. Young was a member of Kind David Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., this city.
The big transport is believed to have crashed because of engine trouble. The craft was last heard from at 2:05 a.m. when it reported it was having difficulty with the motors. The plane apparently was making for an emergency landing filed at Chilhowie 20 miles from the scene of the crash, where the two engined craft plowed a furrow before coming to rest on the north side of the mountain. The wreckage was discovered by a 15year old boy, Ray Wyatt, who ran several miles to Cedar Springs for aid, the Associated Press reported.
The News, February 27, 1945
Funeral rites for Lieut. Harry Fahrney Young, for 25 years connected with U. S. Naval Aviation will be held in Frederick Friday afternoon. A native of this city, now a resident of San Diego, Calif., Lieut. Young was killed Friday morning when an American Airlines plan crashed in the Blue Ridge mountains near Cedar Spring, Va., en route from Washington to Los Angeles.
Escorted by Lieut. C. W. Wright, U. S. N., the remains will be brought to Frederick Wednesday morning and taken to the M. R. Etchison and Son funeral home. Later in the day the body will be removed to the home of Alton Y. Bennett, 1011 North Market street, a cousin of the deceased. The funeral will be held there Friday afternoon at two o'clock, followed by interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery. There will be both Masonic and military honors, the former being in charge of Columbia Lodge, No. 58, this city.
A member of King David Lodge, No. 50, I. O. O. F., this city, Lieut. Young was also a member of the following fraternal orders in San Diego: Silver Gate Lodge, A. S. and A. Masons, the Knights Templar, Darius Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and Ali Bahr Temple of the Msytic Shrine.
Lieut. Young's wife and son and daughter arrived in Frederick Sunday from San Diego.
The News, February 23, 1945
CARROLL SAXTEN YOUNKINS, well known citizen of Frederick who resided at the Robert E. Lee Hotel on South Market street, died there at noon on Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was thirty-eight years of age.
The deceased was a son of Jasper P. Youkins and the late Lizzie Jennings Younkins of Middletown, and is survived by one son, Gene Donald Younkins, in the United States Merchant Marine, and a half-sister, Ann Elizabeth Younkins.
Mr. Youkins was a brick layer by trade, and worked on many of the principal buildings in Frederick. He was in the Army until he was discharged about a year and a half ago, for physical disabilities. He was a member of the Church of God. The body rests at the funeral home, 8 East Patrick street, and will be removed to the home of his father, Jasper P. Younkins, in Middletown, Thursday afternoon. Services will be held there Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial in the cemetery at Locust Valley, southwest of Middletown. C.E. Cline and Son, funeral directors.
The News, June 4, 1943
The body of CPL. DONALD E. YOUNKINS, who died Monday of wounds sustained in an explosion last week at Fort McCain, Mississippi, arrived in Middletown with a military escort on Thursday evening. Funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of his father, Jasper P. Younkins, Burkittsville, with Rev. John S. Bowlus officiating. Interment will be made in Locust Valley cemetery.
Surviving the young man who was 26, are his father and stepmother, a brother, Carroll S. Younkins, near Burkittsville, and a halfsister, Ann Elizabeth Younkins, at home.
The News, June 7, 1943
Funeral services for Cpl. Donald E. Younkins, who died last Monday from injuries sustained when dynamite exploded in his hands during maneuvers at Fort McCain, Miss. May 29, were held from the home of his father, Jasper P. Younkins, near Burkittsville, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The funeral was largely attended and many beautiful floral emblems were in evidence. One particularly striking emblem was from the military company in which the deceased served. Rev. John S. Bowlus officiated at the service. Interment was made in Locust Valley cemetery.
Cpl. William W. Wilson, a native of Tennessee, and a friend of the deceased, who was detailed to accompany the body home, and a sailor were the only two uniformed persons attending the services. It was understood that efforts had been made to hold a military funeral, but the unavailability of military personnel prevented it.
The deceased soldier had served six years in the Army and returned to active service in March, after visiting at his home for a short time. He was 26 years of age, and was known in Frederick where his family resided up until the death of the mother, several years ago.
Pallbearers were Garland, Drexel and Arthur Guyton, Lee Zecker, Ted Beachley, and Noah Burtner.
Gladhill Company, funeral directors.
The News, December 5, 1944
PFC. PRESTON YOUNKINS, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Younkins, near Bolivar, was killed in action in France.
Pfc. Younkins had been in the Army less than a year and went overseas about three months ago. He was serving with an infantry unit and was apparently in action for the first time when killed. Before going into service he was employed at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Gerald, and a sister, Patsy, at home.
The News, September 21, 1944
PVT. ROBERT L. YOUNKINS is now stationed in the IndiaChinaBurma area after seeing service in Italy, Sicily and North Africa. He entered the service July 6, 1943, and has been overseas since March 7. Pvt. Younkins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Younkins and the brother of Miss Hila Younkins, Gaithersburg.
