Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameOscar Reed Yates 
Birth27 Aug 1926, China Grove, Rowan County, NC
Death5 Nov 2007, Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial8 Nov 2007, St Peter’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherFeldman Yates (1892-1980)
MotherViola Mae Cress (1897-1983)
Spouses
Birth3 Dec 1930
Death26 Jul 1977
BurialSt Peter’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherE. Ernest Rattz (1899-1961)
MotherLillian Pearl Fesperman (1901-1988)
Marriage1 Dec 1950
Notes for Oscar Reed Yates
Oscar Reed Yates
ROCKWELL - Oscar Reed Yates, age 81, of Rockwell died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury after a brief illness. He was born August 27, 1926, in China Grove to Feldman Yates Sr. and Viola Mae Cress.
He attended Kluttz-Menius and Faith Schools. At age 18 he entered the the U.S. Navy on Sept. 14, 1944, and was discharged on June 4, 1946. He served during World War II in the Asiatic Pacific. He served on the USS LST 1087 and the USS LST 730 stationed in Norfolk, Va. He rejoined the U.S. Navy on June 24, 1948, and was stationed at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba until June 20, 1952.
On Dec. 1, 1950, he married Marianne Ophelia Rattz, who preceded him in death on July 26, 1977.
He was also preceded in death by his parents and brother, Leenard Yates and Harold Sharkey Yates.
Surviving are his loving "girls" and daughters, Terry (Jim) Gandy of Concord and Joyce Yates of Granite Quarry; his adored grandchildren, Jeremy (Emily) Jackson of Marietta, Ga., Wynne (Aaron) Youngblood of Salisbury, Kyle Heno, Sea Heno, Winter Heno and Seth Heno, all of Granite Quarry; his sisters, Odessa Peeler of Granite Quarry and Lucille (Bill) Burleson of Salisbury; and a brother, Feldman (Dianne) Yates, Jr. of Salisbury. Also surviving is his faithful companion and dog, Cricket.
Oscar retired from Bendix Corporation in Salisbury.
He has been a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church since August 16, 1953
Visitation: 7:00-8:30 tonight at Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell.
Funeral Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, conducted by Rev. David Ridenhour, Pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Military Graveside Rites by the Rowan County Military Honor Guard.
Memorials: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Cemetery Fund.
Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is serving the Yates family.
Salisbury Post, 7 Nov 2007
ROCKWELL - Oscar Reed Yates, age 81, of Rockwell died unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury after a brief illness. He was born August 27, 1926, in China Grove to Feldman Yates Sr. and Viola Mae Cress.
He attended Kluttz-Menius and Faith Schools. At age 18 he entered the the U.S. Navy on Sept. 14, 1944, and was discharged on June 4, 1946. He served during World War II in the Asiatic Pacific. He served on the USS LST 1087 and the USS LST 730 stationed in Norfolk, Va. He rejoined the U.S. Navy on June 24, 1948, and was stationed at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba until June 20, 1952.
On Dec. 1, 1950, he married Marianne Ophelia Rattz, who preceded him in death on July 26, 1977.
He was also preceded in death by his parents and brother, Leenard Yates and Harold Sharkey Yates.
Surviving are his loving "girls" and daughters, Terry (Jim) Gandy of Concord and Joyce Yates of Granite Quarry; his adored grandchildren, Jeremy (Emily) Jackson of Marietta, Ga., Wynne (Aaron) Youngblood of Salisbury, Kyle Heno, Sea Heno, Winter Heno and Seth Heno, all of Granite Quarry; his sisters, Odessa Peeler of Granite Quarry and Lucille (Bill) Burleson of Salisbury; and a brother, Feldman (Dianne) Yates, Jr. of Salisbury. Also surviving is his faithful companion and dog, Cricket.
Oscar retired from Bendix Corporation in Salisbury.
He has been a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church since August 16, 1953
Visitation: 7:00-8:30 tonight at Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell.
Funeral Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Salisbury, conducted by Rev. David Ridenhour, Pastor. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Military Graveside Rites by the Rowan County Military Honor Guard.
Memorials: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Cemetery Fund.
Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is serving the Yates family.
Salisbury Post, 7 Nov 2007