Sixth Generation

1192. Rev. Walter Nicholas YOUNT , Sr.¹⁹¹⁸ was born on 7 September 1905 in near Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. He died on 8 December 1996 at the age of 91 in Carolina Mem'l Park, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Date/Place of Birth: September 7, 1905; near Conover, N.C.
Parents: The Reverend Joshua Alonzo Yount and Sarah Lugene (Miller) Yount. An older brother is the Reverend Noah D. Yount.
First Spouse/Marriage Date: Virginia (Turner) Yount of Concord, N.C; June 13, 1928 in Boone, N.C.
Children of First Marriage: Walter N., Jr., Philip Clair, Martha Ann Phillips.
Second Spouse: Jessie (Isenhour) (Corl) Yount.
Step-children: Larry Corl
Education: In business before entering college. Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Lenoir-Rhyne 1931-32, D.D. 1982; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 1935.
Ordination: 1935 by North Carolina Synod.
Calls: Nazareth-Shiloh, Forsyth County-Bethany, Stokes County, 1935-40; Bethphage-St. Mark-St. Paul, Lincoln County-Bethel, Gaston County, 1940-42; St. John, Asheboro, 1942-51; Calvary, Concord, 1951-71, Pastor Emeritus; retired 1972; Vice Pastor at various congregations.
Other: Board, Lenoir-Rhyne, 1961-74; Chair, Committees on Pensions, and on Christian Vocation, 1961-72; delegate to three conventions; Board, Quickie Scholarship Foundation; Distinguished Service Award, Lenoir- Rhyne, 1971; Executive Director, North Carolina Lutheran Men; Lodge at Agape Camp dedicated in his honor; President, Alumni Association of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary; President, Concord Ministers Association, Cabarrus County Ministers Association, and Cabarrus County Lutheran Ministers Association. Contributor to Light for Today and The Lutheran; Synod Examining Committee; Distinguished Service Award from the Board of Trustees of Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1971.
Date of Death/Burial Location: December 8, 1996; Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum, Kannapolis, N.C.

Virginia TURNER (private).

Rev. Walter Nicholas YOUNT , Sr. and Virginia TURNER had the following children: