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Presented by Ms. Carlisle
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Whereas, We come today, December 5, 2003 to celebrate the life of Mrs. Meredith Watson Young (affectionately known as "Gay") born on June 24, 1949 in San Diego, California and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Honorable J. Warren Watson and the Late Roberta North Watson, educated in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Carnegie Museum of Fine Arts; and
Whereas, Mrs. Young married The Honorable Wilbert Young in August of 1983 and together raised five wonderful children, Anthony Warren Stewart, Adam Watson, Joseph Landry, John James and Whitney North; and
Whereas, Mrs. Young was an accomplished painter and developed expertise in other media, including collage, paper cutting and photography which were widely collected and exhibited. She directed the area's first Art mobile, setting up creative workshops throughout Allegheny County. Mrs. Young's art work has been commissioned by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the NAACP and the Urban League of Pittsburgh. In the summer of 2003, people from all over the United States were able to appreciate Mrs. Young's artistic ability as they were greeted by the "Urban Leagueasaurus" that she designed for the National Urban League Convention. The dinosaur was proudly displayed at the foot of the elevators in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; and
Whereas, Mrs. Young was also an educator who spent more than a decade influencing hundreds of children as an art teacher at Holy Rosary School in Homewood. Mrs. Young often took children on field trips to introduce them to all forms of creative expression. She was known to bring in artists from all over the world to talk and work with her students. Mrs. Young was also an actress and an art performer who worked with the Imaginarium, a Pittsburgh based children's theatrical art company; and
Whereas, Mrs. Young was also a collector of folk art and "black Americana". As a collector, she often coupled her collectibles wi...
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