John Curtis Youngblood, Sr.
May 5, 1926 ~ December 17, 2010
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
JOHN CURTIS YOUNGBLOOD, Sr.
Asheville ~ John Curtis Youngblood, Sr., 84, of Asheville, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at Deerfield Retirement Community Skilled Nursing Center.
A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Jasper N. and Alma Trantham Youngblood. He was also preceded in death by his wife, June Kale Youngblood, who died in 2006 and a grandson, Evan Durham.
Mr. Youngblood had served as chairman of the board with Youngblood Truck Lines and also sat on numerous other boards within the trucking industry and other related associations. He was also a member of Central United Methodist Church and a U.S. Navy veteran serving during WWII.
He is survived by two daughters, Diane Freestate of Centreville, MD and Marsha Clinton of Oak Hill, VA; one son, J. Curtis Youngblood, Jr. of Fairview, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Calvary Episcopal Churchyard with Father Kirk Brown officiating. The family will receive friends at Mr. Youngblood's residence, 121 Stuyvesant Road, Asheville, immediately following the service.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to either CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to Christ School, 500 Christ School Road, Arden, NC 28704.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.
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To the family, my heart goes out to you. I have always had great respect for John. He was a fair and just person who had a heart to help others. I will remember him for his knowledge and honesty in business.
Tom Sherman
I worked for Mr. Youngblood for many years at Youngblood Truck Lines I warmly remeber his good will and kindness. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you; Donald Ritchey
We will miss seeing John’t bright cheerful face at the Club, and having dinner with him there on occasion.We thought so much of him.
To the family of Mr. Youngblood,
We were so sorry to hear of the passing of your loved one. He was a very special, intelligent man. In 1995 we bought his house up on the big hill. We love it here! He and June came to visit us several times. Now he is with his loved ones and in comfort care with our Heavenly Father.
Our condolences go out to Marsha, Diane, and Curtis and all the extended Youngblood family. Just wanted to let you know that we are thinking about you.
To the Family of Mr. Youngblood; Mr. Youngblood was a wonderful person. He was a faithful customer of ours at Fletcher Cleaners for many years. We will keep you in our prayers. Christine Hensley & Rita Oxendine
Curtis, Marsha and Diane, Roger and I have always enjoyed being with your Dad and Mom when possible. They were special people with a beautiful family. You will be in our thoughts. So sorry we cannot attend the graveside services. Our grand- daughter is in the church cantata at the same time. Wishing you and yours a Blessed Christmas knowing that your parents are together and have left a legacy for your family to carry on. Love to all of you,Linda and Roger
Dear Curtis,Diane,& Marsha Doris and I were so saddened to hear about uncle Johnny passing away. We have so many good memerioes of going over to see uncle Johnny and aunt June’s when we were kids. He was the last of the older adults in our family. He will be missed be all of us. Sorry we haven’t been able to know all of you since we have grown up, but evertime I came down in the last few years uncle Johnny told me he was so proud of all of you, the grandchildren and his great grandchildren. Merry Cristmas to all and happy new year. Doris and Pat
Our sincere condolences, thoughts, and prayers to Curtis and all the family. God bless.
As a past board member and faithful donor to Mission Hospital, John was an perfect example of the ‘greatest generation’ who knew the importance of giving back to help others and make the community stronger by donating his time, talent and treasure to uplift organizations like Mission.
Curtis and the family,
I noted with regret the recent obit of your Dad. We had a long term relationship as you are aware, and I had lost track of him in the past decade or so. He was a competent business person and a good man who I had great respect for and had considered him a friend as well. He will be missed.
My sincere condolences to you and the family,
Walt Gladding
My sincere condolences on the loss of your father. My heart goes out to you and your families.
With love,
Barbara
I have so many wonderful memories of days spent horseback riding, picking wild strawberries for our breakfast cereal, long walks, learning how to use the riding mower; all of them with my Grandad. The ‘farm’ was my favorite place in the whole world to be as a child…my own natural playground bordering the banks of the French Broad River. He taught me many things, like how to mow the lawn on the red and white riding mower, and which strawberries were ready to be picked and which ones needed to stay awhile on the vine. He taught me a skill I use and have taught my kids, how to make the perfect honey butter to put on my Grandmom’s homemade buttermilk biscuits. Whether they were silly memories like honey butter or unforgetable ones like weeks spent at Lake Toxaway making homemade peach ice cream, they are the most wonderful and treasured memories I will carry with me my whole life and pass on to my children. He will be missed, but absolutely never forgotten. I love you Granddad and you will remain in my heart and carry on through generations of lessons you taught me. I love you.
Hi Kathryn, I had not seen that your grandad had passed. I only knew that his phone did not answer and I knew he was 81 or so when he signed up for our Youngblood YDNA project. We are so appreciative to what his YDNA test results meant to our research…by confirming a little mystery with his ancestors. I only talked to him once to confirm our findings at the time. By confimring he descended from Jasper Newton YB Jr and Sr, we were able to conclude Reubin c1805 as the son of Eli YB c1775 the son of James YB c1740…who lived next door to my ancestor Thomas YB on the 1790 Edgefield Co, SC. Until this result, Eli was just slightly documented and from this we were able to confirm the descendants of his brother Thomas YB c1780 of Burke and Macon Co, NC just in the past two years. Feel free to email for this history.
Larry Youngblood lyoungblood9@comcast.net
What a great man! Our condolences to the entire family.
~Polly N. Kiser
~Ann Kiser Fagan
Curtis and Family,
So sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. I am thankful for the employment you gave our family for those years Terry worked for him. Sincerely, Iris Durell
I first knew John Youngblood when we were students at Christ School. He was a very fine person.My condolences to his family. He will be missed.
Dave Cooley
Hendersonville, NC
To Mr. Youngblood’s family…In 1979, I opened my business at the age of 28 and I went to Mr. Youngblood to see if he would like to invest in my little child care business. He didn’t but he said so many nice and encouraging things and sent a lovely donation to my little business. I have been in business ever since and I have never forgotten his encouraging words. I saw him once many years later and he remembered me. What a nice man he was! Isabel W. Taylor
Bell’s School, for people under six
Fletcher, NC
I know that you will miss Mr. Youngblood very much and I am sorry for your loss. We worked together on many Republican projects along with June. John was a very kind and helpful person to many people. I loved the CudiMar events at the Fletcher farm. I am glad to have known both your parents and Grandparents. Wonderful folks. Betty Budd
I will miss you Uncle Curtis, It hurt like no other the day I heard you passed, I wish I could have spoken to you one more time. I will always remember you.