SYLVESTER YOUNCE, Age, 97, of East Point, died Sunday, September 28, 2003, at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg. Born May 25, 1906, in Oneida, Tennessee, he was the son of the late William Riley and Ella Phillips Younce. He was a retired gas company employee; a member of the Third Avenue Freewill Baptist Church, where he was a deacon for 50 some years; a Kentucky Colonel; a member of Zebulon Masonic Lodge, 273, in Prestonsburg, and a veteran of World War I, serving in the Army and Navy. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca Garrett Younce. Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Cledith (wife, Elsie) Younce of Greenville, Tennessee, Sylvester Jr., (wife, Kathy) Younce of Silver Springs, Florida, Delmon (wife, Elsie) Younce of Las Vegas, Nevada, Wendell Younce of Springfield, Virginia, Gennis Younce of East Point; daughters and sons-in-law, Vonda (husband, Bill) Ladd of Petersburg, Michigan, Dottie Hastings of East Point, Trena (husband, Woody) Ratliff, of East Point; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by five brothers, Luther Younce, Zelmer Younce, Holbrook Younce, John Younce, and Bergan Younce; and four sisters, Anna Mae Younce, Elsie Pennington, Dorothy Baldridge, and Emma Reed. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 1, at 1 p.m., at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, with Manford Fannin, Bill Campbell, and Cledith Younce officiating. Burial will be in the Davidson Memorial Gardens, at Ivel, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation is at the funeral home, and services were held Tuesday evening. Active pallbearers: Woody Ratliff, Tom Hastings, Neile Osborne, Richard Younce, David Younce, Rodney Holbrook, Warren Blanton, and Danny Baldridge. Honorary pallbearers: Gennis Younce, Bill Ladd, Leon Younce, Bill Calhoun, Charles Gray, Bill Miller, Fletcher Gayheart, James Stanley and Ronnie Combs. (FCT'S)