66 years old
Son of James Fredrick "Jim" Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn. Jim married two sisters. Jim had Emmett by the first wife, Matilda. When Matilda died, he then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane, and had more children. George Fredrick, Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae" Sims and Ellen "Auntie Jones" Jones, Roy and Katherine Anne "Aunt Kate" Yeldell.
According to 1940 Census - Fred was born in Louisiana - lists his occupation as a bus driver for the parish schools - still living in Bastrop off Route 2
Mary Jane had first married a Folds. She had two boys, William and Walter, before marrying James. Mr. Folds died then she married her sister's widower.
Old bachelor
Married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire
Could not accept Flora's daughter (Florene) from previous marriage with Will Cheshire.
Children:
Hubert Allen Yeldell
Alice Yeldell Sisson
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell
According to his daughter, Alice Yeldell Sisson, Fred's father was the son of a prosperous farmer in Alabama. The sons were raised to be gentleman. After the Civil War, Fred's father did not know how to work. Fred spent his life working hard trying to regain the family fortune. He basically worked himself to death. He was very proud of the fact that he was not a share cropper. Fred owned his own land.
Fred never cussed. The worst thing he could call someone was "crazy dunce". Fred spent time in Waco, TX and Jacksonville, Florida. He took a barber course before marriage and also worked as a carpenter. He built the home in which Hubert, Alice and Joe were raised. Family moved into the house the Wednesday before Pearl Harbor. Fred had a tenor voice and his favorite song was "After the Ball." Also tried to yodel. He used to come out of the field doing a step called a "shodd-ist" - it was not a two-step.
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana. Certifying Physician: Dr. F. J. Willey, Jr. of Monroe Louisiana. Info from Hopkins/Blackwell Funeral Home records.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 3 April 1951 Front Page
GEORGE F YELDELL DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK ON FRIDAY
George Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge a life-long resident of Morehouse Parish and a member of a pioneer family, died in a Monroe hospital following a heart attack. He was 65. Prior to going to Monroe hospital Mr. Yeldell has worked agriculture on his farm between Mer Rouge and Oak Grove. He was a first cousin of James Ulma Yeldell, Mayor of Mer Rouge, and his family was one of the first to settle in the area, having come here shortly after the close of the Civil War.
Mr. Yeldell was a former school bus driver for the school board and had lived in Bastrop at one time, doing carpentry work in addition to operating the school bus. He was a past member of the Woodmen of the World.
Funeral services were held from the Pine Grove Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Hopkins Funeral Home of Mer Rouge in charge of arrangements. Officiating at the funeral was the Rev. Clyde Shaw, pastor of the Mer Rouge Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. E. Allen, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Bastrop. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Yeldell is survived by his wife:
Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire Yeldell
Two son:
Hubert Allen Yeldell of Monroe
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge
A daughter:
Alice Yeldell (Mrs. Albert Berton "Son" Sisson) of Mer Rouge
A step-daughter:
Florene Cheshire Hughes of Bastrop
Three sisters:
Mrs. Mae Yeldell Sims of Mer Rouge
Mrs. M. E. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Edward Yeldell of Bastrop
Pallbearers: Fred McLemore, W. M. Cox, Jr., R. L. Rallinson, Rush Harrison, Carl Robinson and Ed Pilgreen all of Mer Rouge
Son of James Fredrick "Jim" Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn. Jim married two sisters. Jim had Emmett by the first wife, Matilda. When Matilda died, he then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane, and had more children. George Fredrick, Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae" Sims and Ellen "Auntie Jones" Jones, Roy and Katherine Anne "Aunt Kate" Yeldell.
According to 1940 Census - Fred was born in Louisiana - lists his occupation as a bus driver for the parish schools - still living in Bastrop off Route 2
Mary Jane had first married a Folds. She had two boys, William and Walter, before marrying James. Mr. Folds died then she married her sister's widower.
Old bachelor
Married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire
Could not accept Flora's daughter (Florene) from previous marriage with Will Cheshire.
Children:
Hubert Allen Yeldell
Alice Yeldell Sisson
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell
According to his daughter, Alice Yeldell Sisson, Fred's father was the son of a prosperous farmer in Alabama. The sons were raised to be gentleman. After the Civil War, Fred's father did not know how to work. Fred spent his life working hard trying to regain the family fortune. He basically worked himself to death. He was very proud of the fact that he was not a share cropper. Fred owned his own land.
Fred never cussed. The worst thing he could call someone was "crazy dunce". Fred spent time in Waco, TX and Jacksonville, Florida. He took a barber course before marriage and also worked as a carpenter. He built the home in which Hubert, Alice and Joe were raised. Family moved into the house the Wednesday before Pearl Harbor. Fred had a tenor voice and his favorite song was "After the Ball." Also tried to yodel. He used to come out of the field doing a step called a "shodd-ist" - it was not a two-step.
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana. Certifying Physician: Dr. F. J. Willey, Jr. of Monroe Louisiana. Info from Hopkins/Blackwell Funeral Home records.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 3 April 1951 Front Page
GEORGE F YELDELL DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK ON FRIDAY
George Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge a life-long resident of Morehouse Parish and a member of a pioneer family, died in a Monroe hospital following a heart attack. He was 65. Prior to going to Monroe hospital Mr. Yeldell has worked agriculture on his farm between Mer Rouge and Oak Grove. He was a first cousin of James Ulma Yeldell, Mayor of Mer Rouge, and his family was one of the first to settle in the area, having come here shortly after the close of the Civil War.
Mr. Yeldell was a former school bus driver for the school board and had lived in Bastrop at one time, doing carpentry work in addition to operating the school bus. He was a past member of the Woodmen of the World.
Funeral services were held from the Pine Grove Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Hopkins Funeral Home of Mer Rouge in charge of arrangements. Officiating at the funeral was the Rev. Clyde Shaw, pastor of the Mer Rouge Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. E. Allen, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Bastrop. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Yeldell is survived by his wife:
Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire Yeldell
Two son:
Hubert Allen Yeldell of Monroe
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge
A daughter:
Alice Yeldell (Mrs. Albert Berton "Son" Sisson) of Mer Rouge
A step-daughter:
Florene Cheshire Hughes of Bastrop
Three sisters:
Mrs. Mae Yeldell Sims of Mer Rouge
Mrs. M. E. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Edward Yeldell of Bastrop
Pallbearers: Fred McLemore, W. M. Cox, Jr., R. L. Rallinson, Rush Harrison, Carl Robinson and Ed Pilgreen all of Mer Rouge
66 years old
Son of James Fredrick "Jim" Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn. Jim married two sisters. Jim had Emmett by the first wife, Matilda. When Matilda died, he then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane, and had more children. George Fredrick, Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae" Sims and Ellen "Auntie Jones" Jones, Roy and Katherine Anne "Aunt Kate" Yeldell.
According to 1940 Census - Fred was born in Louisiana - lists his occupation as a bus driver for the parish schools - still living in Bastrop off Route 2
Mary Jane had first married a Folds. She had two boys, William and Walter, before marrying James. Mr. Folds died then she married her sister's widower.
Old bachelor
Married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire
Could not accept Flora's daughter (Florene) from previous marriage with Will Cheshire.
Children:
Hubert Allen Yeldell
Alice Yeldell Sisson
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell
According to his daughter, Alice Yeldell Sisson, Fred's father was the son of a prosperous farmer in Alabama. The sons were raised to be gentleman. After the Civil War, Fred's father did not know how to work. Fred spent his life working hard trying to regain the family fortune. He basically worked himself to death. He was very proud of the fact that he was not a share cropper. Fred owned his own land.
Fred never cussed. The worst thing he could call someone was "crazy dunce". Fred spent time in Waco, TX and Jacksonville, Florida. He took a barber course before marriage and also worked as a carpenter. He built the home in which Hubert, Alice and Joe were raised. Family moved into the house the Wednesday before Pearl Harbor. Fred had a tenor voice and his favorite song was "After the Ball." Also tried to yodel. He used to come out of the field doing a step called a "shodd-ist" - it was not a two-step.
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana. Certifying Physician: Dr. F. J. Willey, Jr. of Monroe Louisiana. Info from Hopkins/Blackwell Funeral Home records.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 3 April 1951 Front Page
GEORGE F YELDELL DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK ON FRIDAY
George Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge a life-long resident of Morehouse Parish and a member of a pioneer family, died in a Monroe hospital following a heart attack. He was 65. Prior to going to Monroe hospital Mr. Yeldell has worked agriculture on his farm between Mer Rouge and Oak Grove. He was a first cousin of James Ulma Yeldell, Mayor of Mer Rouge, and his family was one of the first to settle in the area, having come here shortly after the close of the Civil War.
Mr. Yeldell was a former school bus driver for the school board and had lived in Bastrop at one time, doing carpentry work in addition to operating the school bus. He was a past member of the Woodmen of the World.
Funeral services were held from the Pine Grove Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Hopkins Funeral Home of Mer Rouge in charge of arrangements. Officiating at the funeral was the Rev. Clyde Shaw, pastor of the Mer Rouge Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. E. Allen, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Bastrop. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Yeldell is survived by his wife:
Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire Yeldell
Two son:
Hubert Allen Yeldell of Monroe
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge
A daughter:
Alice Yeldell (Mrs. Albert Berton "Son" Sisson) of Mer Rouge
A step-daughter:
Florene Cheshire Hughes of Bastrop
Three sisters:
Mrs. Mae Yeldell Sims of Mer Rouge
Mrs. M. E. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Edward Yeldell of Bastrop
Pallbearers: Fred McLemore, W. M. Cox, Jr., R. L. Rallinson, Rush Harrison, Carl Robinson and Ed Pilgreen all of Mer Rouge
Son of James Fredrick "Jim" Yeldell and Mary Jane Bunn. Jim married two sisters. Jim had Emmett by the first wife, Matilda. When Matilda died, he then married Matilda's sister, Mary Jane, and had more children. George Fredrick, Mary Elizabeth "Aunt Mae" Sims and Ellen "Auntie Jones" Jones, Roy and Katherine Anne "Aunt Kate" Yeldell.
According to 1940 Census - Fred was born in Louisiana - lists his occupation as a bus driver for the parish schools - still living in Bastrop off Route 2
Mary Jane had first married a Folds. She had two boys, William and Walter, before marrying James. Mr. Folds died then she married her sister's widower.
Old bachelor
Married Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire
Could not accept Flora's daughter (Florene) from previous marriage with Will Cheshire.
Children:
Hubert Allen Yeldell
Alice Yeldell Sisson
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell
According to his daughter, Alice Yeldell Sisson, Fred's father was the son of a prosperous farmer in Alabama. The sons were raised to be gentleman. After the Civil War, Fred's father did not know how to work. Fred spent his life working hard trying to regain the family fortune. He basically worked himself to death. He was very proud of the fact that he was not a share cropper. Fred owned his own land.
Fred never cussed. The worst thing he could call someone was "crazy dunce". Fred spent time in Waco, TX and Jacksonville, Florida. He took a barber course before marriage and also worked as a carpenter. He built the home in which Hubert, Alice and Joe were raised. Family moved into the house the Wednesday before Pearl Harbor. Fred had a tenor voice and his favorite song was "After the Ball." Also tried to yodel. He used to come out of the field doing a step called a "shodd-ist" - it was not a two-step.
Died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana. Certifying Physician: Dr. F. J. Willey, Jr. of Monroe Louisiana. Info from Hopkins/Blackwell Funeral Home records.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 3 April 1951 Front Page
GEORGE F YELDELL DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK ON FRIDAY
George Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge a life-long resident of Morehouse Parish and a member of a pioneer family, died in a Monroe hospital following a heart attack. He was 65. Prior to going to Monroe hospital Mr. Yeldell has worked agriculture on his farm between Mer Rouge and Oak Grove. He was a first cousin of James Ulma Yeldell, Mayor of Mer Rouge, and his family was one of the first to settle in the area, having come here shortly after the close of the Civil War.
Mr. Yeldell was a former school bus driver for the school board and had lived in Bastrop at one time, doing carpentry work in addition to operating the school bus. He was a past member of the Woodmen of the World.
Funeral services were held from the Pine Grove Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Hopkins Funeral Home of Mer Rouge in charge of arrangements. Officiating at the funeral was the Rev. Clyde Shaw, pastor of the Mer Rouge Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. E. Allen, pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Bastrop. Burial was in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Yeldell is survived by his wife:
Flora Olivia Evans Cheshire Yeldell
Two son:
Hubert Allen Yeldell of Monroe
Joseph Fredrick Yeldell of Mer Rouge
A daughter:
Alice Yeldell (Mrs. Albert Berton "Son" Sisson) of Mer Rouge
A step-daughter:
Florene Cheshire Hughes of Bastrop
Three sisters:
Mrs. Mae Yeldell Sims of Mer Rouge
Mrs. M. E. Jones of Bastrop
Miss Katherine Yeldell of Shreveport
A brother:
Emmett Edward Yeldell of Bastrop
Pallbearers: Fred McLemore, W. M. Cox, Jr., R. L. Rallinson, Rush Harrison, Carl Robinson and Ed Pilgreen all of Mer Rouge
