Edna Claudine Yates

1929 - 2016

Edna Claudine Yates obituary, 1929-2016, Nashville, TN

BORN

1929

DIED

2016

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Edna Yates Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 23, 2016.

Edna Claudine Yates of Nashville, Tennessee, age 87, passed away on November 22, 2016.



Preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Frank H. Yates, Jr.; son, Frank H. Yates, III; granddaughter, Melissa Yates; and parents, Fred and Addie Mae McWhorter.



Survived by daughter, Peggy Stanfield; daughter-in-law, Connie Yates; grandchildren, Karen Yates, Ronnie Tosh, Greg (Jessy) Tosh, and Kristy (Andy) Kingsbury; great-grandchildren, Brooklyne Yates, Brett Yates, and Connor Kingsbury; and one great-great grandchild, Mariah Hyde.



She was a nurse for 50 years and was very active with her church, 11th Street Church of Christ, teaching Sunday School for many years.



Visitation will be held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home on Saturday, November 26, 2016, from one to five o’clock in the evening, and from noon to two-thirty on Sunday, November 27, 2016, with service to follow on Sunday at the funeral home.



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November 29, 2016

Rodney Toothman

Thinking of your family during this time of sorrow. I hope the fond memories will help ease the pain. Rodney Toothman

November 28, 2016

Donna Davis

You were loved by many..Rest In Peace. Heaven just gained another angel, tell my mother that I love her...

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Nov

26

Visitation

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park

660 Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN 37204

Nov

27

Visitation

12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park

660 Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN 37204

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27

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Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park

660 Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN 37204

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