Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


[Thanks to Nancy Rula for her help locating this obituary.]



Obituary of Martha Jane (Pate) Yates (wife of Daniel Tomlinson Yates, Sr.)
  (3 May 1837 to 6 Mar 1913)

Fairfield Recorder - Friday, Mar. 7, 1909 issue
   Mrs. D. T. Yates, quite an aged lady and an old resident of Freestone county, died at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Ben Willard, at Yerby, Thursday morning. Her body was shipped to Mountain View, Okla., for
burial.

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Fairfield Recorder - Friday, Mar. 14, 1913 issue

      In Remembrance of Mrs. D. T. Yates
  The Death Angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Willard, March 6, and called from earth to heaven mother
and grandmother, Mrs. D. T. Yates.
  The writer had known this good lady for thirty years, and to know her was to love her. Mrs. Yates, better
known as Aunt Martha, was a Christian lady, good and kind to all, always ready to lend a helping hand, and
in case of sickness no one was better.  She was a member of the Methodist church. She leaves to mourn her
loss, five children, Vail Yates, Mountain View, Okla.; Redmond and John Yates, of Portales, N.M.; Jack Yates,
of Kirven, and Mrs. Ben Willard, Ward Prairie; also a host of friends and relatives.  Our loss is heaven's
gain. Dear children, grieve not, for your mother has gone to Jesus. We should bow in submission to Him who
doeth all things well. Peace to her ashes.
   Her remains were taken to Mountain View, Okla., for interment and were accompanied by Messrs. Ben Willard
and Sam Steen.
          Her nephew, W. M.

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Fairfield Recorder - Friday, Mar. 21, 1913 issue

     Card

  We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kind assistance given us in the sudden death of
our mother and grandmother. Their kindness will never be forgotten. May God's richest blessing fall upon
them all.
           Mr. and Mrs. Ben Willard
             And Children