He had been a patient at an Olney nursing home the past six years, after suffering a stroke.
Mr. Yates was for many years a member of the Wayne County ASC Committee, and served as its chairman. During World War II he serced as a member of the Wayne County Selective Service board.
He was born in Wayne County June 1, 1890, the son of Luther M. and Grace Orr Yates.
He was married to the former Mamie Zimmerman.
He was a member of the Indian Prairie Baptist church near Rinard, where he was very active as long as his health permitted.
Mr. Yates spent his entire life in the Rinard vicinity.
Surviving are his widow; five sons, Leo, Robert, Earl, Roy, and Cass; three daughters, Mrs. Norman Stanford, Mrs. J. T. George, and Mrs. Wayne Potts; one sister Mabelle Cisne; 24 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Two grandsons were reared in his home: James D. Yates, and Orin Guy Yates.
Two sons James and Orin, were both lost at sea in World War II aboard the U.S.S. Simms.
Funeral services were conducted from Nales Funeral Home with interment in Indian Prairie cemetery.
(Published Wayne County Press)
He had been a patient at an Olney nursing home the past six years, after suffering a stroke.
Mr. Yates was for many years a member of the Wayne County ASC Committee, and served as its chairman. During World War II he serced as a member of the Wayne County Selective Service board.
He was born in Wayne County June 1, 1890, the son of Luther M. and Grace Orr Yates.
He was married to the former Mamie Zimmerman.
He was a member of the Indian Prairie Baptist church near Rinard, where he was very active as long as his health permitted.
Mr. Yates spent his entire life in the Rinard vicinity.
Surviving are his widow; five sons, Leo, Robert, Earl, Roy, and Cass; three daughters, Mrs. Norman Stanford, Mrs. J. T. George, and Mrs. Wayne Potts; one sister Mabelle Cisne; 24 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Two grandsons were reared in his home: James D. Yates, and Orin Guy Yates.
Two sons James and Orin, were both lost at sea in World War II aboard the U.S.S. Simms.
Funeral services were conducted from Nales Funeral Home with interment in Indian Prairie cemetery.
(Published Wayne County Press)
Family Members
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Roy Guy Yates
1910–1989
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EM2c Orin Arthur Yates
1912–1942
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EM2 Orin Arthur Yates
1912–1943
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EM1c James Allen Yates
1914–1942
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EM1 James Allen Yates
1914–1943
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Earl Alfred Yates
1916–1970
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Leone Eleanor Yates Stanford
1918–2010
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Mildred Catherine Yates George
1920–2001
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Luther Casselman "Cass" Yates
1923–1992
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Robert Calvin Yates
1924–2015
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Mary Grace Yates Potts
1925–2018
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