Woodrow Yoakum

1916 - 2007  (90 years)

• Name	Woodrow Yoakum
  Birth	17 Dec 1916	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 2007	Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Burial	20 Jan 2007	Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  Person ID	I17203	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Cletus Yoakum,   b. 26 Apr 1878, Red Creek, Tucker Co., WV d. Mar 1963, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ada M. Moses,   b. 14 May 1885, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 29 Mar 1977, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1905  [3]
  Family ID	F5588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Virginia Gilkerson,   b. 6 May 1928, Clifftop, Fayette Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Dec 1946	Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV
  Children	1. Sr. David Roland Yoakum   2. Morris Allen Yoakum   3. Christopher "Chris" Yoakum
  Family ID	F7398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Dec 1916 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Marriage - 26 Dec 1946 - Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV Death - 15 Jan 2007 - Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV Burial - 20 Jan 2007 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, 19 January 2007 RUPERT ? Woodrow Yoakum, 90, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, following a short illness. Born Feb. 17, 1916, at Rupert, he was the son of the late Cletus and Ada Moses Yoakum. He was retired from Westmoreland Coal Co. with 41 years of service, was a member of the UMWA and was of the Methodist faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Earl, Arnold ?Champ? and Festus Yoakum; and a sister, Mary Ruffner. Survivors include his wife, Anna Gilkerson Yoakum; three sons, David R., Morris A. and Chris Yoakum and wife, Rhonda, all of Rupert; two sisters, Blanche Whitlow of McRoss and Betty O?Dell of Beckley; five grandchildren, Tearsa Keatley and husband, Michael, David Yoakum and wife, Leah, Derek, Dylan and Dustin Yoakum, all of Rupert; and two great-grandchildren, Michael and Kaitlyn Yoakum, both of Rupert. Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, with the Rev. Lowell Keeney officiating. Burial will follow in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S866] Obituary: The Beckley Register-Herald. [S245] Federal Census Record: Greenbrier Co., WV 1930.