Kennith Ray Yates, age 47, of Paint Rock, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. He was born August 29, 1967 in Roane County and attended Midway High School and also was a member of Ponders Community Old Time Gospel Church in Ten Mile, where Kennith love to play his guitar and sing the gospel songs he wrote. He was a truck driver who enjoyed old cars, hot rods and was an avid fisherman. Kennith loved his children and family. Preceded in death by his sister, Frances Coleen Yates; grandparents, William Ogle & Isa Bea Yates; grandmother, Mary Frances Workapick.
SURVIVORS
Wife
Dollie Yates of LaFollette
Children
Felicia Yates of Las Vegas, NV
Samantha Yates of Rocky Top
Kennith Tyler Yates of Rocky Top
Brittney Yates of Clinton
Parents
Dillinger Truman Yates of Ten Mile, Ponders Gap
Patricia Jean Workapick Yates of Sweetwater
Brothers
Jimmy Yates of Sweetwater
Tobey Truman Yates of Midway
Sisters
Sally Ann Ivy of Spartanburg, SC
Patricia (Patty) Yates-Clark of Kingston
Grandfather
James Walter (J.W.) Workapick of Kingston
Many special nieces & nephews.
The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Ponders Community Old Time Gospel Church. Funeral will be held 12:00 noon Sunday at the church with graveside service following at Kelsey-Yates Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to Fraker Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Online register book can be signed at www.FrakerFuneralHome.net. Fraker Funeral Home of Kingston is in charge of all the arrangements.
Kennith Ray Yates, age 47, of Paint Rock, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. He was born August 29, 1967 in Roane County and attended Midway High School and also was a member of Ponders Community Old Time Gospel Church in Ten Mile, where Kennith love to play his guitar and sing the gospel songs he wrote. He was a truck driver who enjoyed old cars, hot rods and was an avid fisherman. Kennith loved his children and family. Preceded in death by his sister, Frances Coleen Yates; grandparents, William Ogle & Isa Bea Yates; grandmother, Mary Frances Workapick.
SURVIVORS
Wife
Dollie Yates of LaFollette
Children
Felicia Yates of Las Vegas, NV
Samantha Yates of Rocky Top
Kennith Tyler Yates of Rocky Top
Brittney Yates of Clinton
Parents
Dillinger Truman Yates of Ten Mile, Ponders Gap
Patricia Jean Workapick Yates of Sweetwater
Brothers
Jimmy Yates of Sweetwater
Tobey Truman Yates of Midway
Sisters
Sally Ann Ivy of Spartanburg, SC
Patricia (Patty) Yates-Clark of Kingston
Grandfather
James Walter (J.W.) Workapick of Kingston
Many special nieces & nephews.
The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Ponders Community Old Time Gospel Church. Funeral will be held 12:00 noon Sunday at the church with graveside service following at Kelsey-Yates Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to Fraker Funeral Home to help with funeral expenses. Online register book can be signed at www.FrakerFuneralHome.net. Fraker Funeral Home of Kingston is in charge of all the arrangements.
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