Helen Ruby Young Yates

Ms. Helen Ruby Young Yates, 92, resident of Bell Grove Drive, died Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Maury Regional Hospital. Mrs. Yates was a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan and the daughter of the late John Young and Jessie Florence Landen Young. She was a longtime resident of Pinellas Park, Florida where she was employed as a cafeteria manager by the Pinellas County School Board for twenty years. She was a member of First Assembly of God in Pinellas Park, FL. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Mabesoone-Sharp and Charlotte (Frank) Tamberrino both of Columbia; one son, Gerald John Yates of Ocala, Florida; seven grandchildren, Brett Bailey, Patrick Bailey, Christopher (Mary) Mabesoone, Donald Mabesoone all of Florida, Michael Tamberrino, Cara Tamberrino both of Columbia, John (Angie) Yates of South Bend, Indiana; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Shirley and Lawrence Eddington of Florida; 9 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great grandchildren; and 2 nephews. She was preceded in death by an infant son, George Alan Yates, an infant daughter, Beverly Jean Yates, granddaughter, Lynn Yates, two brothers, LeRoy Young, Charles Young and the father of her children, Gerald V. Yates. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., South Bend, Indiana with Rev. Jim Campbell officiating. The family will visit with friends from 12 noon - 1 p.m. at the funeral home. A private family burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in South Bend. Memorials may be made to Grace Nazarene Church, 2302 Highland Ave., Columbia, TN 38401 and Feed The Children, P.O. Box 36, Oklahoma City, OK, 73101. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home is in charge of local announcements.