OBITUARIES of HENDERSON COUNTY

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MARION A. YAGER - Services for Mrs. Marion A. Yager are today at 10 am at Boyd Funeral Home with Father Jim Martell officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Baptist. Mrs. Yager, 66, died Monday morning at Jackson Hospital. She was the widow of William Yager and a Catholic. She leaves five sons, Bill Keats, Robert Yager, both of Decaturville, John Yager of Scotts Hill, James Yager of Wichita KS and David Yager of Milledgeville; three daughtes Anna Marie Keats of Washington DC, Mrs. Susan Watts of Niantic IL and Mrs. Margaret Hopkins of Decatur IL; a sister Mrs. Margie Ciccone of New York; and 17 grandchildren.
Lexington Progress 3 July 1991

EDGAR YARBRO - Services for Edgar Yarbro, retired railway conductor, were Friday at Pafford Funeral Home with the Rev. Edwin Deusner officiating. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Mr. Yarbro, who was 74, died early Thursday at Lexington Henderson County Hospital where he had been a patient a day. He had been ill two years. Mr. Yarbro retired in 1957 after 50 years service with the N. C. & St. L. Railway. He was a baptist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Allie McCall Yarbro; a son, Edgar M. Yarbro of Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Russ Yeiser of Waynesboro; four brothers, Arthur Yarbro of Shreveport, La., John Yarbro, David Yarbro and Clarance Yarbro, all of Paducah; four sisters, Mrs. Frances McMurty and Mrs. Annie Mae Turner, both of Paducah, Mrs. Grace Steck of Benton, Mo., and Mrs. Nell Osting of Oregon.
(The Lexington Progress, September 24, 1959)
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WILLARD YATES - Services for Willard H. Yates, age 85, were held Sept. 11, 2009 in Pafford Funeral Home. Burial followed in New Hope Methodist. Mr. Yates died late Monday in Jackson. He was preceded by a daughter Gwendolyn yates. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Bennie Yates of Jackson; one son, RIckey of Pinson; two daughters, Vivian Stockard ofJonesboro AR and Pat Evans of Bells TN; three sisters, Leathie Snyder of Lexington, Louise Phillips of Verra Beach FL and Betty Dick of Reagan and 8 grandchildren.
Lexington Progress 17 Sep 2008

BOBBY LYNN YELVERTON - Funeral Services for Bobby Lynn Yelverton were Monday May 25, 2009 at Reeds Chapel with burial in Chapel Hill Cem. He was 73, died Friday May 22, 2009 at his home. He is survived by four daughters, Cynthia Smith of Pinson, Darlene DeCarolis and Betty Bowman of Huron and Doralis Clasen of Wichita KS; two sons, Jeff Yelverton of Jackson and Tim Blackstock of Huron; a sister Beatrice Pomery of Jackson; three brothers, Harry of Memphis, Gene of Gonzales LA and Guy ofJackson, 19 grandchildren. He was preceded by his wife Gloria and a son Michael.
Lexington Progress 27 May 2009

JOHN TROY YOUNG - Services for John Troy Young were Friday at Palestine Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Dr. E.E. Deusner officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Young who was 67, died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. He was a lifelong resident of Henderson county, a retired farmer and a Methodist. He leaves his wife, Mrs, Clara Freeman Young, seven sons, Fred L. Young, Odell Young and Leonard Young, all of Lexington. Jess Willard Young, Dewey W. Young, J.T. Young and Woodrow Young, all of Memphis. Three daughters: Mrs. Audrey Rush of Atlanta, Miss Jean Young and Miss Betty Young of Birmingham. Four sisters, Mrs. Lennie Hart and Mrs. Eula Sison of Lexington, Mrs Thelma Hooper of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Mrs Dorothy Armstrong Acree of Memphis.

RUBY E. (CLENNEY) YOUNG , 92, of Fayetteville died Tuesday, Feb.22, 2005, at Washington Regional Medical Center. She was born Dec.4, 1912, in Scotts Hill, Tenn., the daughter of James Woodward and Ollie Belle Eason Clenney. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.M. "Pete" Young, on Jan. 20, 2003, a daughter, Helen Leflet, a grand daughter, Dorothy Ann Young, two brothers, Raymond K. Clenney and Russell Clenney and two sisters, Helen Sorells and Rowene Guerrero. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons; a daughter; two brothers; a son-in-law; nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25 at Calvary Baptist Church in Fayetteville with Brother Marvin Loyd, Dr. Gene Fulcher and Brother Paul W. Young officiating. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fairlawn Cemetery in Elk City, Okla, under the direction of Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1410 Porter Road, Fayetteville, 72704 or Gideon's International, P.O. Box 4507, Fayetteville, 72702.
Contributed by Wilma Fields - - Abstract from The Morning News, Springdale, AR Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005

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