Eldridge Young

Eldridge Young was a 46-year-old man who lived in New Orleans. Public records and local reporting identify him as a Black resident of the city’s Lower Ninth Ward area; in mid-October 2012 his body was discovered in a home on the 1500 block of Delery Street. Coroner statements indicate he had been deceased for several days before being found. Beyond these facts the public record is sparse.

Because no family-published obituary or funeral notice could be located, there are few publicly available details about Eldridge’s personal life, work, or relationships. That scarcity does not reduce the value of his life: he belonged to a community in New Orleans that remembers neighbors, gatherings, and everyday connections that seldom make it into archives. Where names are absent from obituary pages, community memory and ordinary ties—friends, neighbors, co-workers—often carry a person’s quiet significance.

This remembrance respects the limits of the public record while acknowledging Eldridge Young as a real person who lived in New Orleans and whose death was recorded by the coroner’s office in October 2012. For anyone seeking to honor him further, family members, neighbors, or local community organizations may hold stories, photos, and memories that would help give a fuller portrait. He is remembered here with dignity and restraint, and with the hope that those who knew him might add the personal details that today’s public sources do not contain.