Obituary

Mildred Imogene Yates
(July 7, 1919 - June 27, 2011)

Mildred Imogene Yates, 91, of Milton, passed away Monday, June 27, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, July 1, 2011, at the Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, by Rev. Ted Nance. Burial will be in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. She was born July 7, 1919, in Milton, a daughter of the late B. Wilson and Linnie Hatfield McComas. She was a member of the Lower Creek United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Richard "Babe" Yates; brothers, Boyd Wilson McComas and Roy Ray McComas and one sister, Audrey Ruth McComas. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Dewey Lee and Patricia Yates of Milton, Dana and Judy Yates of Lake Waynoka, OH and Robin Richard and Barbara Yates of Brownstown, MI; three sisters, Mary Alice and Carl Yerian, Kathleen Wier and Eleanor Lawhorn; eleven grandchildren, Lee and Reva Yates, Loraine Lynn and Joseph Hess, Leslie Bailey, Sherri Leigh Farris, Carri Lynn Yates, Michael David and Maria Yates, Jason Richard and Deborah Yates, Rachel Renee and Peter Pappas, Corey Lynn and Marty McGuinn, Sandra and Bobby Graham, John and Rhonda Smith; twenty six great-grandchildren, and fourteen great-great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank Anna Wilson for her kindness, care, and friendship for taking care of Mother. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wallace Funeral Home, Milton.