Dorothy Lucille Hankins Young

Dorothy Lucille Hankins Young passed away at the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Ark., on March 25, 2017, at the age of 93. Her Celebration of Life will be led by Rev. Gary Lunsford at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 24, in the Convocation Room at Butterfield Trail Village. Please follow the directional signs to Guest Parking. Private burial will be held at Fayetteville National Cemetery. She was born April 24, 1923 in Little Rock, Ark., as the youngest child of Brown and Lollie Hankins. She was named after her father's cousin, who owned the Dorothy Donelson Dance Studio and who instilled in her the love of teaching dance. She married Clarence Herbert Young in 1941. When Clarence returned from overseas in 1946, they moved to Fayetteville to work with his brother in the firm of Paul Young and Associates. They were the architects for Central United Methodist Church, where Dorothy and Clarence remained active their entire lives. Dorothy and Clarence enjoyed traveling abroad with friends and playing golf, and they were founding members of the "Town Club," which began in 1947 as a means of fellowship for young couples settling in Fayetteville. Dorothy's hobbies included knitting beautiful afghans and keeping diaries of family activities. She completed "A Sentimental Journal" containing five separate journals from 1944 until 1989, and also wrote "A Journal of Faith" for each of her children. Dorothy was a member and Past President of Chapter K of PEO. She organized the Dorothy Young Book Club, regularly played bridge until the last month of her life, and actively participated in her "Visiting Girls" group of close friends for more than fifty years. Dancing was the love of her life, and her enthusiasm for dancing was contagious. After being certified with the International Roundalab Teachers Association, she led the Happy Rounders Club for over twenty years in the club's dance studio built by her dear friends, Polly and Jay Lancaster. In the 1950s and 1960s she taught popular ballroom dancing to middle schoolers at the Legion Hut. Her most recent choreographed line dancing was performed by Butterfield Trail Village residents ages 71 to 95 last fall. She and Clarence loved living at Butterfield and felt that the residents and staff were all a part of their family. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers (James and Miles Hankins) and her husband, after whose death she felt a special gratitude for the faithful visits from Linda Cudney and Kim Witte. Dorothy leaves behind her daughter, Sandra Ann White and husband Charles of Fayetteville, her son Jack Young and wife Cathy of California, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and six nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to Butterfield Trail Village Foundation, 1923 E. Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville, Ark. 72703, or Central United Methodist Church, 6th West Dickson St., Fayetteville, Ark. 72701. To sign the online guest book, visit www.nelsonberna.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home and Crematory, Fayetteville, Ark.