Ellis "Nick" Young III

Appling, GA - Entered into rest on June 27, 2024, Mr. Ellis “Nick” Young III, husband of 54 years to Patricia Walls Young. He is also survived by his son: Matthew Ellis Young (Summer); daughter: Amy Nicole Baisden (Bob); grandchildren: Banks Ellis Young, Justice Ann Pennington, Nicholas Patrick Pennington, William Matthew Young and Jacob Robert Baisden. Other family members include Jean and the late Danny Posey, Frank Bennett and Family, Ron and Lisa Wheatley, Chelsea and Ben. 

Nick was a native and lifelong resident of the Augusta area. He attended Houghton Elementary School, Tubman Middle School and the Academy of Richmond County. At the age of 16, he began working in the family roofing business, Young’s Roofing, with his father and later with his son Matt. He loved his family and friends with all of his heart, and they loved him. His smile would light up a room and his laughter was infectious. 

Nick was co-owner of Neptune Dive and Ski. He was an avid scuba diver into his old age and skier in his younger days. He traveled everywhere in the world Scuba Diving, seeing everything from shipwrecks to huge sea turtles and feeding sharks. Nick helped teach and oversaw countless beginner divers; both training them in the pool and caravanning them to West Palm Beach and other places for their first dive in “open water”. He was a patient assistant instructor and a great diver himself. To know him underwater, people could not believe his agility and laughed about his ability to sleep and chew tobacco 100 feet under the water. Sharing his love of the ocean and adventure brought him the most joy. Scuba diving with his three oldest grandchildren was one of his proudest moments. Chances are that he and his close friend Danny Posey are diving in the depths of the ocean that they could never dive here on earth.

The funeral service will be Monday, July 1, 2024, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Thomas Poteet and Son Funeral Directors with Rev. Greg Hatfield officiating. Burial will follow at Bellevue Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday, June 30, 2024, from 3:00 until 6:00 PM at the funeral home. 

Pallbearers will be Richard Bradshaw, Frank Bennett, Keith Anderson, Banks Young, Nick Pennington, Bob Baisden, Dan Posey and Ron Wheatley. Memorial contributions may be made to the Florida Hawksbill Project: 4419 West Tradewinds Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308.

Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. Please sign the guestbook at www.thomaspoteet.com.