Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Yeomans, Byron A. August 17, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com June 13, 2014, 4:47 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Sat. Aug. 17, 1968 A former Ionia resident, Byron A. Yeomans, age 98, of Magnolia Springs, Ala., died august 17, at his son’s residence in East Brewton, Ala. Born in Ronald township, Ionia county, December 9, 1869, he was the son of Walter and Jane Herrick Yeomans, early settlers of Ronald township. After graduating from Ionia high school in 1886, he taught in rural schools before and after his marriage to Fannie McCarty, December 10, 1890. She preceded him in death October 28, 1951. They made their home in Ronald township on the farm where he was born, moving to Ionia and later to Magnolia Springs, Ala., where he resided the rest of his life. Survivors are two sons, Roy of East Brewton, Ala., and Walter of Ionia, two grandchildren, Bob Bannett of Orleans and Arlene Horricks of Ionia, and six great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Elfreda Bennett, preceded him in death on July 10, 1922. Funeral services will be at Stone-Kauffman funeral home Tuesday at 2 pm with interment at Woodard lake cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/y/yeomans25543nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb