Harrison County MsArchives Obituaries.....Young, Rev. William Dee "Bill" 2008
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Published in The Sun Herald on 5/31/2008
Rev. William Dee "Bill" Young, 70, of Gulfport died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in 
Gulfport. He was born June 21, 1927 in Noxapater, MS. to Edgar and the late 
Inez Young.

He attended Higgins High School in Clarksdale, MS. Received Masters degree 
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA; Bachelor of 
Theology degree obtained from Andersonville Baptist College and Seminary in 
Camilla, GA; Master and Doctorate of Theology degrees obtained from Union 
Baptist Seminary in New Orleans, LA. He has been in the ministry since the age 
of 24.

President of the Urban League of St. Paul, MN; Community chaplain for the 
Council of Churches in St. Paul; served a a member of the Board of Directors 
of the General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Miss. and in the Gulf 
Coast District Assn. and Director of the Fannie L. Nichols Institute. 

Worked at WTAM, radio Station and Social Services Administrator with GCCAA 
Headstart. Taught at Harrison Central High School, instructor at Philips 
Junior College, managed Edgewood Manor Apartments, Commissioner with the Miss. 
Public Service Commission - Southern District and Board member of the Miss. 
State Parole Board.

He was associate pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul, MN, Pastor of 
Sunlight Baptist Church, McHenry, MS and Pastor of 1st Missionary Baptist 
Church, Pass Christian for 26 years. 

Funeral service: Little Rock Baptist Church, Gulfport. Burial Monroe Memorial 
Park, Canal Road, Landon, MS.

 




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