1922 - 1987 (65 years)
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Name |
Festus "Festy" Yoakum |
Nickname |
Festy |
Birth |
6 Aug 1922 |
Greenbrier Co., WV [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
15 Dec 1987 |
Roanoke, VA [1, 2] |
Burial |
18 Dec 1987 |
Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV [2] |
Person ID |
I32439 |
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 |
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Notes |
- The Charleston Gazette, 17 December 1987
Festy Yoakum, 65, of Rupert, Greenbrier County, died Dec. 15, 1987, in Roanoke Memorial Rehabilitation Center, Roanoke, Va., after a long illness. He was a truck driver and member of the Keiffer Baptist Church, Keiffer. Surviving: sons, George Daniel of Winchester, Ind., William of Chesapeake, Va.; sisters, Betty O'Dell and Mary Ruffner, both of Rainelle, Blanche Whitlow of McRoss; brother, Woodrow of Rupert; three grandchildren. Service will be noon Friday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. James Daily officiating. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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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.).
- [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette.
- [S245] Federal Census Record: Greenbrier Co., WV 1930.
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