Audrey Izell Yates' Obituary
Mrs. Audrey Izell Yates, 86, passed away Monday, August 13, 2012 at Tucker Hospice House.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Gene Edwards will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park in Kannapolis.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2:45 pm, Wednesday prior to the service at Lady's Funeral Home.
Mrs. Yates was born on February 25, 1926 in Wilkes County. She was the daughter of the late Conrad Yates and Clarisa Foster Yates. She worked as a weaver at Plant 1 of Cannon Mills. Mrs. Yates was a member of Genesis Baptist Church and was an avid gardener.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Eugene Yates in April 2002; sisters, Hazel Hill and Ruby Steeley and brother, Roby Yates.
Mrs. Yates is survived by her daughters, Patsy Prevette and husband Jerry of Kannapolis, Sherry Walter and husband Randy of Concord and Debbie Bumgarner and husband Mike of Raleigh; sister, Doris Kerr of Kannapolis; grandchildren, Paula Starnes, Jeffrey Prevette, Leslie Bumgarner and Katie Sorgi and great grandson, Jacob Wayne Privette.
Memorials may be made to Genesis Baptist Church, 9710 Old Concord Road, China Grove, NC 28023 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
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