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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jimmie Dale
Yates
Oct 16, 1938 — Dec 27, 2007
Obituary
Jimmie Dale Yates died at Advanced Healthcare Medical Center in Ellington, on December 27, 2007 of cancer, which he first had February 2006. He was born October 16, 1938 in Ellington, to the late Oscar "Toot" and Hazel (Roderman) Yates.
He was united in marriage to Kathleen (Scaggs) on September 5, 1958 in Ellington.
He worked at Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Company in quality control making Listerine and toothpaste in St. Louis, when the company moved to Pennsylvania, he decided to move back to Ellington, where he started working in 1962 at the IGA Grocery Store for Harold and Irene Thomason, and was in the store business until 1995. He started driving a school bus in 1978 and drove for 31 ½ years, retiring in 2004.
In April 2007 while in the hospital he accepted Christ as his personal savior. He loved driving, going on vacations also four wheeling with his Bronco in Black River when it was ok to do that.
Jim is survived by his wife Kathleen of Ellington, two daughters, Pam (Bob) Buford and Jan Williams both of Ellington, a brother-in-law, Dan (Joyce) Scaggs of Russellville, and sister-in-law, Linda (Frank) Nunnery of St. Louis, five grandchildren, Jeremy, Lacey, Carrie, Bobby and Lexey, six great-grandchildren, Joshua, Cody, Jacob, Josie, Mason and Elias and his mother-in-law, Opal Scaggs. Jim is also survived by one niece Linnette Mullen and two nephews, Randy and Jason Scaggs and nine great-nieces and nephews.
Jim was preceded in death by a son, Gary Dale on April 1, 1981, and a niece Robyn Nunnery on December 16, 1999, great niece, Jadyn Marie Scaggs on May 24, 2007, an infant brother and sister, parents, Toot and Hazel Yates and father-in-law, Norman Scaggs.
Visitation: Sunday 3 to 8 P.M.
Funeral Services were held at the McSpadden Funeral Home
Monday December 31, 2007 at 1:00 P.M.
Minister: Randy Scaggs Burial: Ellington Memorial Cemetery
Pallbearers: Jim Duncan, Marvin Johnson, Jason Scaggs, Ross Roderman, Mark Roberts and Mike Herboth.
Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc. Ellington, Missouri
In Lieu of flowers: Lower Doe Run Missionary Baptist Church or the Yates Family
He was united in marriage to Kathleen (Scaggs) on September 5, 1958 in Ellington.
He worked at Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Company in quality control making Listerine and toothpaste in St. Louis, when the company moved to Pennsylvania, he decided to move back to Ellington, where he started working in 1962 at the IGA Grocery Store for Harold and Irene Thomason, and was in the store business until 1995. He started driving a school bus in 1978 and drove for 31 ½ years, retiring in 2004.
In April 2007 while in the hospital he accepted Christ as his personal savior. He loved driving, going on vacations also four wheeling with his Bronco in Black River when it was ok to do that.
Jim is survived by his wife Kathleen of Ellington, two daughters, Pam (Bob) Buford and Jan Williams both of Ellington, a brother-in-law, Dan (Joyce) Scaggs of Russellville, and sister-in-law, Linda (Frank) Nunnery of St. Louis, five grandchildren, Jeremy, Lacey, Carrie, Bobby and Lexey, six great-grandchildren, Joshua, Cody, Jacob, Josie, Mason and Elias and his mother-in-law, Opal Scaggs. Jim is also survived by one niece Linnette Mullen and two nephews, Randy and Jason Scaggs and nine great-nieces and nephews.
Jim was preceded in death by a son, Gary Dale on April 1, 1981, and a niece Robyn Nunnery on December 16, 1999, great niece, Jadyn Marie Scaggs on May 24, 2007, an infant brother and sister, parents, Toot and Hazel Yates and father-in-law, Norman Scaggs.
Visitation: Sunday 3 to 8 P.M.
Funeral Services were held at the McSpadden Funeral Home
Monday December 31, 2007 at 1:00 P.M.
Minister: Randy Scaggs Burial: Ellington Memorial Cemetery
Pallbearers: Jim Duncan, Marvin Johnson, Jason Scaggs, Ross Roderman, Mark Roberts and Mike Herboth.
Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc. Ellington, Missouri
In Lieu of flowers: Lower Doe Run Missionary Baptist Church or the Yates Family
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