Ophel Wade Yeatts, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3]}

1927 - 2011  (84 years)

• Name	Ophel Wade Yeatts
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	13 Jan 1927	Danville, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 2011	Summerville, South Carolina
  Buried	Private
  Person ID	I547452003	My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Reynolds
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Ophel Wade Yeatts,   b. 10 Aug 1895, Rondo, Virginia ,   d. 18 Mar 1957, Roanoke, Virginia  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Dais W. Gardner,   b. 24 Aug 1899,   d. 7 Jan 1977, Roanoke, Virginia  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1920	Pulaski, Virginia
  Family ID	F518495898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary B. Danforth
  Last Modified	7 May 2014
  Family ID	F518495899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Ophel Wade Yates-Obit The Danville Bee Mar 19, 1957

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Deborah Lozano. Ophel W Jr Yates, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946" Name: Ophel W Jr Yates Name (Original): YATES OPHEL W JR Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 28 Jan 1946 Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment Event Place: Cp Shanks, Orangeburg, New York, United States Residence Place: Race: White Citizenship Status: citizen Birth Year: 1927 Birthplace: VIRGINIA Education Level: 4 years of high school Civilian Occupation: Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers Marital Status: Single, without dependents Military Rank: Private First Class Army Branch: No branch assignment Army Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source Reference: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC Serial Number: 13181066 Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946 Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923 Box Film Number: 01351.135 [S42] Obituary, Ophel Wade Yates. Yates, Ophel Wade Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Ophel Wade Yates, Jr., 84, of Summerville, SC, husband of Mary B. Yates, died Friday, April 29, 2011 at a Colleton County hospital. A memorial service will be held Friday afternoon, May 6, 2011 at Dorchester Presbyterian Church at 2 o?clock. Visitation will be held in the church Fellowship Hall one hour prior to the service. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Dorchester Presbyterian Church, 10290 Dorchester Rd., Summerville, SC 29485. Mr. Yates was born January 13, 1927 in Danville, VA, a son of Ophel Wade Yates, Sr. and Dais Gardner Yates. He graduated from Danville, VA High School and was a US Army veteran serving in Okinawa. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where, in 1951, he received a degree in Chemical Engineering followed in 1971 by an MBA degree. He taught at VPI for three years. He had a twenty year career as a chemical engineer then for twenty-one years was a professor at Trident Technical College. He was a charter member and elder of Dorchester Presbyterian Church in Summerville. Survivors include his wife, Mary B. Danforth Yates of Summerville; two sons, Thomas Wade Yates and John R. Yates, both of Summerville; one daughter, Camilla Herold of Summerville; five grandchildren, Christopher Yates, Bryan Yates, Amy Yates, Bianca LaPaz, and Orlando LaPaz, and two great grandchildren, Hilton Yates and Brighton Yates. Arrangements by Parks Funeral Home, 130 West 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483. [S18] Family Search, LDS. Ophel W. Yates, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940" Name: Ophel W. Yates Birth Date: 1895 Birthplace: , Pittsylvania, Va. Age: 25 Spouse's Name: Daisy W. Gardner Spouse's Birth Date: 1899 Spouse's Birthplace: , Carroll, Va. Spouse's Age: 21 Event Date: 20 Oct 1920 Event Place: Pulaski, Virginia Father's Name: Jno. R. Yates Mother's Name: M.F. Yates Spouse's Father's Name: J.W. Gardner Spouse's Mother's Name: E.H. Gardner Race: White Marital Status: Single Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: White Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00624-6 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 2048472 Reference ID: Item 2 L 113 [S4] Deborah Lozano.