Obituaries:  Herbert W. Yaw, Sabine Parish       Y-000
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 20, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Herbert W. Yaw

  Retired Lieutenant Colonel Herbert W. Yaw, 70, of Many, died
Friday, June 15, in John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas,
after a brief illness.

  Visitation will be from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, at
Zion Hill Baptist Church in Negreet. Funeral services will be
held Thursday, June 21, at 10 a.m., at Zion Hill Baptist Church,
with graveside services following at 2 p.m., at Pilkington
Cemetery in Benton. Full military honors, performed by the Ft.
Polk Honor Guard, will be conducted at the graveside. The Rev.
Marvin Lane, former pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church, is
officiating, and being assisted by the Rev. Jimmie Glover, pastor
of Zion Hill Baptist Church.

  Survivors include his widow, Mary Yaw of Negreet; three sons,
Steve Ray Yaw of St. Louis, Mo., Brian Keith Yaw and his wife
Cris of LaCenter, Wash., and Richard Neil Yaw and his wife Karen
of Huntsville, Ala.; one daughter, Kelly Lynn Fernandez and
husband Manuel of Houston, Tex.; one brother, Kenneth James Yaw
of New Brumford, Tex.; and eight grandchildren.

  Mr. Yaw spent his earlier years in Shreveport, graduating from
Fair Park High School in 1951. He spent many years working for
1st National Bank in Shreveport. He later joined the Internal
Revenue Service in St. Louis, Mo. While with the Internal Revenue
Service, he spent time in Washington D. C., and Pittsburgh, Penn.
Mr. Yaw was retired from the United States Army, as a Lt.
Colonel.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Many, La.