YOUNG, Charles Webster

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, January 09, 2013 Charles Webster Young was born Oct. 14, 1935, in Augusta, Ga., to Bessie Craig Wells and Judson Wilder. He passed away Dec. 11, 2012, in Phoenix in the company of family and friends. Charles was a man of many names (but never Chuck or Charlie) ­- Bud and Buddy to his sister Betty Smith and her family, Papa to his beloved granddaughter Amber Scott, and "Hawk" to friends in his retirement years. When Charles was a toddler, his father died suddenly and his mother moved the family to Aiken, S C., to be near her family. There Betty and "Buddy" enjoyed a bucolic childhood. His mother married Henry Young when Bud was eight or nine and the family moved to Long Island, N.Y. Charles was quite athletic and enjoyed an active role on the football team of Garden City High School. He had many stories about playing against future NFL great Jim Brown who was then setting records at the Manhasset Secondary School. After graduation he joined the Marines and served a tour in the Far East. Completing his military service in Oklahoma, where he met his wife Jimmie, he enrolled in college. With degree in hand they moved to Phoenix where he taught English and dramatic arts. His love of acting and his success on the Arizona-based TV series "Petrocelli" led him to move to Los Angeles. In L.A. he had a successful career: 20-plus years as a member of the Screen Actors Guild, in which he was cast in many tough-guy roles as a cop (or a thug) in series like "Mike Hammer," and as a roughneck cowboy in the likes of "Walker, Texas Ranger." In addition to his TV and movie work, he appeared many in commercials. Charles is survived by his son John C. (Charlie) Young; his granddaughter Amber; and great-grandson Ryden Lauderdale, all of Phoenix; sister Betty of Coconut Creek, Fla., and her children Bill Smith, Judy Brander and Bob Smith; and countless friends in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Prescott, Ariz., where he had resided in his 15 years of retirement. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, in the Pavilion at Willow Lake in Prescott. Information provided by survivors.
Posted by Sharla on January 10, 2013

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