KENNETH "KENNY" HOWARD YOUNG SR.

Kenneth Howard (Kenny) Young, Sr, 82, of Hueytown, Alabama passed away on October 25, 2022, at Princeton Baptist Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, surrounded by his wife and children. Kenny was born in November 1939 in Hemphill, West Virginia, to Maggie Ethel Jordan and Sidney Clyde Young and was the youngest of 5 children. He grew up in the various U.S Steel coal mining camps in McDowell County, WV and attended Gary High School. In 1959, Kenny married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Sue Kelly and soon after started their family of what would ultimately be 6 children. To provide for his growing family, Kenny initially worked as a gas station mechanic in Deland, Florida and a meat cutter in Richmond, Virginia prior to joining U.S. Steel Mining in Gary, West Virginia in 1966 where he eventually became a maintenance foreman. In 1987, upon the closing of U.S. Steel Mining operations in West Virginia, Kenny and Nancy moved to Alabama where he continued to work at the Oak Grove Mine as a longwall foreman until his retirement after 31 years in 1997. After retirement from U.S. Steel Mining, Kenny worked as a sales and service representative for Wilson Machine & Welding in Cordova, Alabama until 2015. Kenny will be remembered for his sense of humor, his love of music and for his “Kenneth-isms,” his words of wisdom that served to comfort and guide us in many situations. His legacy is not only the family he grew and nurtured but also his immeasurable love of the Lord, of life and for his family. Unknown to many, he would routinely capture his thoughts in various notepads and scraps of paper. Below is an excerpt of how he viewed the world around him after he found Christ in 1975: The raindrops on my face; the perfect pattern of Queen Anne’s Lace The warmth of the sun on my brow; all the answers to why and how The smell of honeysuckle in the air; the warm summer breeze for all to share The busy sound of honeybees; the flowing water of lakes and streams. The lonesome sound of the whippoorwill’s call; the love that binds just one to all The splashing waves on an unseen beach; the extended hand of a baby’s reach The wagging of a puppy’s tail; the joyful sound of wedding bells A mountain peak where no one is found; the aroma of newly turned ground A newborn baby’s solemn cry; the blueness of the summer sky All of this will cease to be, but the Word of God will always abide with me Kenny is survived by his wife of 63 years, Nancy Kelly Young of Hueytown, AL, his 6 children, Kenneth H. Young, Jr. of Alabaster, AL, Kelly L. Shrader of Holly Ridge, NC, Kathy J. Roland of Greensboro, NC, Timothy S. Young of Boston, MA, Jeffery A. Young of Wichita, KS and John M. Young of Hueytown, AL; 13 Grandchildren and 10 Great Grandchildren. The memorial service for Kenneth will be held at a later date. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. II Corinthians 5:17