Charlene J Young, 81 of Tullahoma, passed away on Wednesday, November 30,
2016 at Tennova Healthcare – Harton. Funeral services are scheduled for
Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with
Bro. Jack Lambert officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial
Gardens. Visitation with the family will be Saturday from 12 PM until the
service time.
A native of Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Beverly Eugene and
Irene VanSickle Pool. She was a nurse and worked at various nursing homes
in Michigan and the Shelbyville hospital after relocating to Tennessee. She
was also employed by Ford Corp and Stanley Tools. She retired from the
Dept. of Human Services where she was a caregiver. She enjoyed dancing,
country music and watching NASCAR racing. She also loved Betty Boop.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sons,
Christian Anthony Bates and Jonathon Robert Bates; four brothers, Beverly
Eugene Pool Jr, Andrew William Pool, Earl Franklin Pool and Donald Pool;
four sisters, Rosalind Gayle Lee, Darla Pool, Vera Pool and Shirley Pool
and one grandson, Mason Zath Painter.
She is survived by her son, Scott Bates of Tullahoma; four daughters, Renee
Holmes O’Neal and her husband, James of Warren, MI, Sheila Sanders of
Sarasota, FL, Jennifer Denise Lewis and her husband, Wayne of Estill
Springs and Pam Garcia of Independence, MO; nine grandchildren and eighteen
great grandchildren.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.