Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Vaughn L. Yates 1973

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Obituary of Vaughn L. Yates 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 6 Jul 1973.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Mitchell County lost one of its prominent business leaders early 
Wednesday, 4 Jul 1973, when Vaughn L. Yates, 62, of Pelham, died at Archbold 
Memorial Hospital in Thomasville following an illness of several years.  Funeral services 
were held yesterday, 5 Jul 1973, at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Pelham with 
the pastor, Rev H. William Perry, officiating.  Interment followed in Pelham cemetery 
with Braswell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.  Active pallbearers were Clyde 
Brock, George Smith, J. A. Davis, Richard Turner, M. W. Turner, Walter Bernier, 
Harvey S. Edwards and Dr. Bill Arwood.  A native of Decatur County he was the son of 
the late Henry Herman Yates and Lula Palmer Yates.  He had lived in Pelham since 1912.  
He was a charter member of the Pelham Rotary Club and Pelham Chamber of 
Commerce, past president of the Pelham Development Corporation, member of the 
Pelham Masonic Lodge 312, Pelham Royal Arch Chapter III and the Hasan Temple of 
Albany, a charter member and past director of the Pinecrest Country Club, a long-time 
member and past chairman of the Pelham City School Board, vice president of the 
Pelham Banking Company, and president of Yates Motor Company.  He was a member 
of the Pelham First Baptist Church.  Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth James Yates of 
Pelham; a son, Charles J. Yates of Pelham; a brother, Maitland Yates Sr. of Pelham; a 
sister, Mrs. Becton Isler of Mobile, Ala., and three grandchildren.