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Kattie Edna “Nanny” <I>Young</I> Driskill

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Kattie Edna “Nanny” Young Driskill

Birth
Turkey, Hall County, Texas, USA
Death
21 Oct 2019 (aged 98)
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
Burial
Tulia, Swisher County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H Lot 217 #3
Memorial ID
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Lubbock- "Nanny" Driskill passed away October 21, 2019. The family will host a time of fellowship and remembrance from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. We will celebrate her life of 98 years at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Quaker Ave. Church of Christ. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 pm at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia, Texas.

Nanny was born on December 30, 1920, in Turkey, Texas, to Ida Frances and John Thomas Young. After graduation from Turkey High School, she moved to Lubbock, Texas, and married Jack Driskill. After Jack returned from the war in the Pacific, they moved to Happy, Texas where they owned the Texaco service station. In 1960, Jack was elected county Judge and then moved to Tulia where she managed the Texas Employment Commission. When Jack passed away in 1991, she moved to Lubbock to be close to her family and became a member of the Quaker Avenue Church of Christ. Nanny loved her church and her family. She hosted dinner for the family every Sunday until this year.

Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2019
Lubbock- "Nanny" Driskill passed away October 21, 2019. The family will host a time of fellowship and remembrance from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. We will celebrate her life of 98 years at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Quaker Ave. Church of Christ. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 pm at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia, Texas.

Nanny was born on December 30, 1920, in Turkey, Texas, to Ida Frances and John Thomas Young. After graduation from Turkey High School, she moved to Lubbock, Texas, and married Jack Driskill. After Jack returned from the war in the Pacific, they moved to Happy, Texas where they owned the Texaco service station. In 1960, Jack was elected county Judge and then moved to Tulia where she managed the Texas Employment Commission. When Jack passed away in 1991, she moved to Lubbock to be close to her family and became a member of the Quaker Avenue Church of Christ. Nanny loved her church and her family. She hosted dinner for the family every Sunday until this year.

Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, 2019

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