Vernie Lee Taylor Younts, 75, of Bay City, Texas passed away on Sept. 18, 2010 in Bay City, Texas after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Vern was born on November 13, 1934, in Lee County, Texas, in the community of Pleasant Groves, to Loy R.Q. Taylor and Ivy Lee Rhodes. Her family moved to Bay City when she was about one year of age. She graduated from Bay City High School in May of 1953. She married Harold Lee Hamilton in May of 1955 at Baptist Temple Church. They lived in California for awhile, where Harold was stationed in the Navy, before returning to Bay City. After her four children were older, she attended Wharton County Junior College and became an LVN in 1972. She enjoyed being a nurse and helping the elderly. She married A.W. Younts on October 10, 1985. They traveled extensively, doing their best to fulfill a goal to live in every state, even if just for a month. From Alaska and the Arctic Circle to Baja California, and from Canada's polar bear migration and Bay of Fundy to the Florida Keys, they panned for gold, searched for garnets, went dogsledding and snowmobiling. Vern even went motorcycle riding with several of her nephews to celebrate her 75th birthday. She had many hobbies, including working in her yard, crocheting, knitting, sewing, quilting, and making porcelain dolls. She was very interested in genealogy, which of course required several research trips to Salt Lake City. She was a member of the Genealogy Society, the Quilting Guild, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Vern is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters; Margaret Johnson and Elsie Black, and two brothers: Dayton Taylor and R.C. Taylor. She is survived by sisters: Hope Auld of Boling, Texas, Pee Wee Hoffman of Boling, Texas, Becky Taylor of Ganado, Texas, and brother Jim Taylor of Collville, Washington. She is also survived by: Daughters: Christine Vaughan and husband , Kelley, of Galveston, Texas, Cheryl Balcombe and husband, Alan, of Glen Allen, Virginia, Carol Younts of Bryan, Texas, Vonne Davis and friend, Keith Baird of Boise, Louisiana: Sons: Lee Hamilton of Victoria, Texas, Mark Hamilton and wife, Michelle, of Victoria, Texas, Lynn D. Younts and wife, Debbie of Deer Park, Texas, Arthur W. Rogers and wife, Elaine , of Sharpsburg, Georgia, Sydney L. Rogers of Pollock, Louisiana: Grandchildren: Kel Vaughan and wife, Christina, of Galveston, Texas, Joshua Vaughan and wife, Christi, of Mansfield, Texas, Nathan Vaughan and wife, April, of Galveston, Texas, Sarah Beth Arends of Glen Allen, Virginia, Taylor Hamilton of Victoria, Texas, Cheyenne Hamilton of Victoria, Texas, Bobby Ray Davis and wife, Darla, of Alexandria, Louisiana, Michael Davis of Boise, Louisiana, Tiffany Rogers of Sharpsburg, Georgia, David Rogers and wife, Chandey of Pollock, Louisiana, Natalie Wendele and husband, Neil, of Harper Heights, Texas, Delaine Prince of Deer Park, Texas, and Frieda Younts of Deer Park, Texas: Great-Grandchildren; Jachin, Micah, and Josiah Vaughan of Galveston, Texas; Zakary and Caleb Vaughan of Mansfield, Texas, Cailyn Vaughan of Galveston, Texas, Stephanie Davis of Alexandria, Louisiana, Danielle Davis of Alexandria, Louisiana, Joshua and Joetta Davis of Boise, Louisiana, Audrey and Kristen Wendele of Harper Heights, Texas, Annabelle Prince of Deer Park, Texas, and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Lee Hamilton, Mark Hamilton, Lynn Younts, Kel Vaughan, Joshua Vaughan, and Nathan Vaughan. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00-9:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Services will be Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home with Brother Kelley R. Vaughan, her son-in-law officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck, Texas.