Thelma's name was chosen by her sister, Lucille, who remembered her well all the days of her life.
My grandmother showed me, when I was a child, the heavily-wooded hillside where the family all walked up and buried baby Thelma. I wish I knew now where it was. Everyone who would have known the exact location is now gone. It was in Lee County, Virginia. The death certificate says St. Charles. One cousin was told it was overlooking the coal camp.
Thelma's name was chosen by her sister, Lucille, who remembered her well all the days of her life.
My grandmother showed me, when I was a child, the heavily-wooded hillside where the family all walked up and buried baby Thelma. I wish I knew now where it was. Everyone who would have known the exact location is now gone. It was in Lee County, Virginia. The death certificate says St. Charles. One cousin was told it was overlooking the coal camp.
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Pauline Yates Jones
1920–1982
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Margaret Lucille Yates Hall
1922–2005
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John Howard "Bud" Yates
1925–1997
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Virginia Marie "Ginny" Yates Opichka
1928–1983
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Jean Lee Yates Tester
1931–1985
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Vennie Dean Yates Stephens
1938–2001
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Patricia Christine Yates Moore
1940–2009
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Rita Sue Yates Gessells
1944–2009
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Freeda Lou Yates Rhoades
1944–1996
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