Hudson, Florida - Calvin Clyde Young, Jr., M.D., passed away Friday morning, October 31, 2025, at the age of

ninety-seven. He remained fully lucid until the end of his days.

He was born on August 8, 1928, in Genoa, Arkansas, to Ruby Lurry Young, and Calvin Clyde

Young. He was their first child, and the first grandchild to his grandparents, Ophelia Lurry,

(Grandma Mama) and David Thurston Lurry, (Daddy Thurston). He had a younger brother

Cole, (Bud). Clyde mostly lived with his grandparents on their farm where they grew cotton,

as well as the rest of the food they ate.

Tragedy struck him at an early age when he was three and contracted infantile paralysis (polio),

which left him severely crippled. No longer able to walk, his mother sent him to the Shriners

Hospital for Crippled Children in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he stayed for approximately six

months, undergoing extensive surgeries and treatments. Through his perseverance and

determination, he was able to walk again without the use of leg braces. While in Shreveport, he

was able to see his first horse race, and he bragged to his mother that he had picked the winning

horse. He never lost his love for the racetrack.

He spent much time in the backwoods of Miller County, fishing and playing with his brother and

cousin Doyle Purfoy. As a child, he picked cotton for work and was paid a penny a pound for his

toils. He developed a love for games and sports and spent much time playing pool at his Uncle

BBs pool-hall where he also worked racking pool balls for the customers. He became quite

skilled at pool, earning the nickname, Texarkana Slim. His mother told of a story that one day,

when he was supposed to be home, she saw him pull up to the residence in a taxicab. She said

he got out of the cab with his pockets completely full of the money that he had won that day. He

told her he was scared to walk home with so much money out of fear of getting mugged.

He started school at a one-room country schoolhouse at the age of five with his mother as his

teacher. The schoolhouse went through ninth grade, and one of his first tests was to guess the

length of a line written on the chalk board. He was the closest guess and beat out children almost

ten years older than him. He continued to excel at school and graduated first in his class in

Texarkana before going to Texarkana Jr. College, then Henderson State Teachers College in

Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he majored in chemistry and psychology. He was accepted into

medical school at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, where he graduated in 1950. It was

during his rotations in medical school that he made the decision to go into Radiology.

During his second year of medical school, his father passed away. Shortly after that Clyde went

to the local YMCA to play ping pong. There happened to be a Bible study going on when a

beautiful young woman, Marilyn Ward, just out of high school, happened to float passed him and

made it clear why she was there that day. He cut his ping pong game short and followed this

angel into the Bible study group. He had a new Plymouth and offered to give Marilyn a ride

home. He laughed that while she accepted the offer, she was hugging the door the entire ride

home. Fast forward, they married on September 16, 1951, and she remained by his side for the

rest of his life.

The newlyweds moved into a small apartment and once moved down the stairs to a basement

apartment, just to save $5 per month in rent. When asked about that decision being a little

draconian, moving all their stuff, to save just five bucks, he responded with a chuckle, We

didnt have much to move.

Calvin did his internship in St. Joseph Missouri at Missouri Methodist Hospital, during which

time they became parents of their first child Alan Ward Young. Calvin then did his residency in

Kansas City, Missouri at Research Hospital. While in Kansas City, they had both Mary Linda

Young and James Calvin Young. He accepted his first job in private practice as a medical doctor

in Joplin, Missouri, working with the late Marvin Hall, M.D. Drs. Hall and Young were later

joined by the late Sam Gaston in their practice which continued until 1997. The group primarily

worked out of St. Johns Hospital, and they also covered the towns of Baxter Springs, Kansas,

Lamar, Missouri, Carthage, Missouri, Miami, Oklahoma, and Neosho, Missouri. They were also

instrumental in the development of Doctors Land Company just on the edge of the St. Johns

campus. Calvin was involved teaching the x-ray technicians in the program at Missouri

Southern State College in Joplin. After six months of retirement, Calvin went on to travel

throughout the United States doing locum tenens work for the next ten years, until he officially

retired from the practice of medicine, a career he loved. His children fondly remember going to

his office, sitting next to him as he read and interpreted x-rays while dictating his opinions into a

dictation machine. While that was enough, they will not ever forget the skeleton he had hanging

in a closet, along with his refrigerator full of coca colas.

Life in Joplin was very enjoyable for Calvin. Calvin and Marilyn welcomed their next four

children in Joplin, Virginia Suzanne Young, Marvin Wayne Young, Carol Diana Young, and

Sally Marie Young. The family were members of Forest Park Baptist Church where Calvin was a

deacon and Sunday School teacher, and then First Community Church. When he was not

working or at home, Calvin spent much of his time at Twin Hills Country Club playing golf and

cards with his buddies. He proudly managed to make a hole in one at Twin Hills and was the last

survivor of all his friends.

Following retirement, Calvin and Marilyn moved to Florida to be around three of their daughters

and their children. Calvin worked for a time at Broward General Hospital before his retirement.

While in Florida, they lived in Davey, North Bay Village, Ft. Meyers, Tampa, and currently in

Hudson. They also traveled to all fifty states.

Calvin and Marilyn both are avid bridge players and Calvin became a gold life master and

enjoyed his time in the various bridge clubs throughout Florida, primarily Tampa Bridge Club

and Spring Hill Bridge Club. He was once called, the most gracious bridge player in the State of

Florida. They were often greeted with applause when they entered the bridge room.

Calvin was preceded in death by both his parents, his brother Cole, and his daughter Mary.

Calvin is survived by his wife of 74 years, Marilyn, his children Alan Young (Joy), James

Young, Suzanne Sharp, Marvin Young (Gayla), Carol Adams-Benzaken (Eli), and Sally Schmuhl

(Jeff). Additionally, he is survived by his nine grandchildren, Jake Sharp (Hallie), Paul Sharp

(Marina), Marvin Alexander Young, Logan Young, Alycia Ingram (Aaron), Frederick Adams,

Mitchell Adams, Stephanie Young, and Gabriella Young. He is survived by two great-

grandchildren, Elle Sharp and Owen Sharp, with one on the way any day, Baby Boy Ingram.

Calvin was a quiet man, and whatever came out of his mouth were words of wisdom and

kindness. He did not speak harshly, nor was he critical of others. He will be remembered as the

wonderful physician, father, grandfather, and teacher he was, and he will be missed tremendously

by all his family and those who knew him.