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John Thomas Yancey

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John Thomas Yancey

Birth
Jasper County, Georgia, USA
Death
16 Jul 1947 (aged 43)
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
224 15A
Memorial ID
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Funeral for John Thomas Yancey, 43, a carpenter here for 20 years, will be held at the grave in Talbotton, Ga., Cemetery at 3 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Frank Lavender, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, will conduct the service.

Mr. Yancey was fatally burned in a mattress fire that broke out in the bedroom at his home, 819 Fourth Avenue, Wednesday night.

An inquest conducted by Coroner H.C. Edenfield Thursday resulted in a verdict that Mr. Yancey had been the victim of "third degree burns, accidentally inflicted."

Surviving Mr. Yancey are his wife, Mrs. Clara B. Yancey; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Bell, Mrs. Joyce Lewis and Miss Joan Yancey, Columbus; his mother, Mrs. A.O. Yancey, Toomsboro; four brothers, Marvin Yancey, Eatonton, Jack Yancey, Jacksonville and Roy Yancey, Columbus; and three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Bowden, Toomsboro, and Mrs. M.W. Holley and Mrs. Ruth Johns, Columbus.
Funeral for John Thomas Yancey, 43, a carpenter here for 20 years, will be held at the grave in Talbotton, Ga., Cemetery at 3 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Frank Lavender, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, will conduct the service.

Mr. Yancey was fatally burned in a mattress fire that broke out in the bedroom at his home, 819 Fourth Avenue, Wednesday night.

An inquest conducted by Coroner H.C. Edenfield Thursday resulted in a verdict that Mr. Yancey had been the victim of "third degree burns, accidentally inflicted."

Surviving Mr. Yancey are his wife, Mrs. Clara B. Yancey; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Bell, Mrs. Joyce Lewis and Miss Joan Yancey, Columbus; his mother, Mrs. A.O. Yancey, Toomsboro; four brothers, Marvin Yancey, Eatonton, Jack Yancey, Jacksonville and Roy Yancey, Columbus; and three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Bowden, Toomsboro, and Mrs. M.W. Holley and Mrs. Ruth Johns, Columbus.


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