Blake Allen Young

A celebration of life for Blake Allen Young age 55 of Grapeland will be held at 3 P.M. Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Bailey & Foster Funeral Chapel in Grapeland. Arrangements have been entrusted to Bailey & Foster.

Blake passed away suddenly Saturday, June 16, 2018 at his home. Blake was born in Baytown, TX on August 10, 1962 to Edward and Bernadine (Pierce) Young. He attended Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown. Most week-ends he would spend time in Grapeland area or on the Gulf Coast. Blake enjoyed hunting and fishing. He believed in his mind that he could out fish his mother, but that was not true. He was looking forward to several fishing trips he had planned with his close friend Lucky and nephews James and Kade. Blake was Mom and Dad to his kids and enjoyed fishing with them. Blake was a skilled craftsman making many beautiful pieces of unique furniture. He enjoyed working with his kids and great nephew teaching them woodworking.

Blake also loved animals. He raised goats and exotic sheep. He worked with his kids teaching them the goat business. He was locally known as “The Goat Man.” He also enjoyed aggravating his great nieces and nephew as much as possible. Blake was a kind hearted man and would do anything for anyone.

He was preceded in death by his father Edward E. Young, grandparents, Joe B. and Thelma Pierce, and Melvin and Beulah Young and grandma Lizzy.

He is survived by his daughters Aubrey Smith and fiance’ Leo Mendez, Danielle Young and fiance` Joey Rodriquez, sons B.J. Young and wife Angie, and Brandon Johnson and wife Holly, sisters Jeanine Tumbleson and husband Mike and Theresa Holmes and husband Wesley, brothers Brooks Young and brother-in-law Gil Gomez, five grandchildren Kearsten, Alicia, Jay, Levi, and Kaylee. Nieces Allegra Jones, Brandi Gomez, favorite nephew James Tumbleson, great nieces, Jayc Carroll and Kennedy Sipanka, great nephews Caleb Jones and Kade Gomez, close friends, Lucky Edwards, Shirley Clark, Annita Belle, Aubrey Young, Craig, and Marie Dougan, and his pets, Little One and Freckes.

Honorary pallbearers will be Gil Gomez, Lucky Edwards, Brandon Johnson, Kade Gomez, James Tumbleson, Craig, Aubrey Young and B.J. Young.

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