Camille Gardner Yates, Washington Parish Louisiana Submitted by Eddie Bennett Date: August 29, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ The Era-Leader 9 Apr 1997 Mrs. Camille Gardner Yates, age 97, a resident of the San Pedro Community, died April 6th, 1997 at Riverside Medical Center. Ms. Yates was born on Palestine Plantation on the Tchefuncte River in Washington Parish. After their marriage, she and her late husband Fred W. Yates, were lifelong residents of Washington and St. Tamany Parishes, where they were pioneer cotton, sheep, dairy and tree farmers. An avid and talented horticulturist, Mrs. Yates was a member of the Flower House Committee of Washington Parish Fair for thirty years adn each year exhibited her own flowers and plants until she reached age 90. She was active for many years in the Washington Parish Home Demonstration Clubs, working with her close friend, Miss Arline Spinks, who was Washington Parish Home Demonstration Agent at that time. In addition to her husband, a son, Fred O. Yates; a grandson, Freddie Jenkins; and a great-grandson, Brad Jackson, preceded her in death. She was an active member of San Pedro Baptist Church. Mrs. Yates, lifetime spanned the making of today’s America. In her infancy, before the turn of the century, Indians still sometimes camped along the Catcaw Creek near the San Pedro Settlement. She died on the eve of the Twenty- First Century. She is survived by a son, John M. Yates; four daughters, Mrs. Margie Jenkins, Mrs. Doris Magee, Mrs. Lyda Wood, and Mrs. Dixie Gallaspy; twenty-five grandchildren; and forty-two great-grandchildren. Visitation was held at Crain Funeral Home Monday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. and continued at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 8 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial was in the Daniel Edwards Cemetery.