MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Clyde Yelton, 1 Apr 2001
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CLYDE YELTON 

UNICOI, TN – Clyde Yelton, 80, died April 1, 2001 at his residence. A native 
of Mitchell County, he was the son of the late Wess and Pearl Forbes Yelton. 
He was also preceded in death by two brothers, G.B. Yelton and George Byrd. A 
self-employed carpenter and farmer, he was a member of Beans Creek Freewill 
Baptist Church and a member of Chapter 57, Disabled Veterans; and Unicoi 
County Masonic Lodge #681 AF and AM. He was a veteran of WWII, serving with 
the U.S. Army in the Pacific. 

Survivors include his wife, Lois Honeycutt Yelton; a daughter, Cynthia Yelton 
of Johnson City, TN; a son, Clyde Yelton, Jr. of Unicoi, TN; sisters, Ruth 
palmer, Roan Mountain TN, Mary Graybeal of Erwin, TN, Charlotte Yelton and 
Willie Norman of Gastonia, Ann Melton of Aiken, SC, and Dixie Lee Hoilman of 
Unicoi; and a brother, Earl Yelton of Unicoi. 

Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes 
Funeral Home in Bakersville. Rev. Howard Honeycutt officiated. Burial was 
Tuesday in Garland Cemetery with graveside rites by the Unicoi County Masonic 
Lodge. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.