Services:
A Funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Mary’s City, MD with Rev. John Ball officiating.
Visitation:
The family will receive friends on Friday, September 2, 2011 from 6:00 PM-8:00PM in Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Mary’s City, MD.
Martha Carolyn Meredith Young 88, of Leonardtown died peacefully Aug. 30, 2011 at Cedar Lane Apartments, Leonardtown, MD. Born Mar. 31, 1923 in Park Hall, MD she was the daughter of the late Thomas Quirk Meredith and the late Dorothy Drybread Meredith. She is survived by two children, James Young (Kris) of Callaway, MD and Bruce Young (Deborah) of Park Hall, MD; three step-children, John Young of Livermore, CA, Christina Torres of San Jose, CA, and Alexander "Sandy" Young (Jeannie) of Redding, CA; her grandchildren, Aaron Doyle, Amber Hughes (Kevin) , Kaitlyn French, Meagan Young, Rylee Young, Brandon Caldwell (Holly), Ryan Caldwell, Erika Young; her step-grandchildren, Stephanie Young, Bryan Young, Julia Young, Jennifer Torres, Alicia Torres, Melissa Young, and Matthew Young, She is also survived by great-grandchildren, Brice Caldwell, Mai Caldwell, Joseph Caldwell, and Isaiah Torres. She was preceded in death by her husband, James (Scotty) Young, her brother, John Meredith, and sisters, Dorothy Justice, and Nancy Rowe. She grew up in St Mary's County often spending time at her uncle's home at Cedar Point before his family was "kicked off" for the construction of the naval base. She attended Great Mills School and spent two years at St. Mary's Female Seminary in St Mary's City, MD. She finished her college education at the University of California, Berkley. She joined the US Navy in 1943 and was stationed in Oakland, CA as a pharmacist mate until the end of the war. She was employed in San Francisco as a medical secretary by Dr. David Wood, a pioneer in early cancer research. It was there that she met her future husband and they moved back to Park Hall, MD after her mother died. She was employed for over twenty years at the St Mary's County Department of Social Services and attended to numerous elderly citizens of the county. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, her cats, and traveling with her brother and sister. The family will receive friends Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 from 6:00PM to 8:00 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church, St Mary's City, MD, where a funeral service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 starting at 10:00 AM. with Reverend John T. Ball officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD, 20650 or Friends of Cedar Lane, 22680 Cedar Lane Court, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Arrangements are being handled by Mattingly-Gardiner Funeral Home. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A, Leonardtown, MD.