Nell M. "Nellie" Burleson

Nell married Pinkney Lucius "P. L." Young about 1906 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina. Pinkney (son of Malcolm Horton Young and Mary Kanzadia Buchanan) was born on 14 Oct 1887 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 9 Mar 1963 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Minneapolis Methodist Church Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MINNEAPOLIS, N.C. — Mava Young Heaton, age 90, of Minneapolis, passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Roan Highlands Nursing Home in Roan Mtn., TN.

A native of Avery County, she was born March 12, 1922, a daughter of the late P.L. and Nell Burleson Young.

She was a member of Minneapolis Christian Church and enjoyed working in the church, her flower garden, collecting angels, keeping a daily journal and telling stories about her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mava retired from the Avery County Department of Social Services.

Along with her parents, Mava was preceded in death by her: husband, James E. Heaton; sisters, Ava Vance, Iva Johnson, Evanell Young; brothers, Howard Young, Dayton Young; son-in-law, Barry Spratt.

A devoted, wife, mother and Nanny, Mava has left to cherish her memory her: son, Jim H. Heaton and wife, Pam, of Johnson City, TN; daughter, Lucia Spratt, of Marion, NC; brother, Wood Hall Young Sr., of Minneapolis; grandchildren; Tiffany Strasser, Lori DeVault, Jamee Roberts, Leah Shomaker, Mary Ruppe, Jimmy Shomaker; great grandchildren, Levi, Jack, Josie, Max, Summer, Hank, Jameson; special care givers, Sherry Rose, Jenny Jones, Kathie Stewart; many special nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Mava Young Heaton will be conducted on Saturday, March 24th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Christian Church with Rev. Eddie Fine and Rev. Bryan Griffith officiating. Music will be under the direction of the Shoupe Family and Diane Pyatte, Pianist.

Interment will follow in the Minneapolis Cemetery.

Mava married James Emarson Heaton about 1940. James (son of Elijah Frank Heaton and Sarah E. Pritchard) was born about 1918 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 Sep 2008 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Minneapolis Methodist Church Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]