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Established 1948    Jimmie B. Yelton 1928 - Edward T. Yelton 1931 - 1990  Denison Herald May 2, 1990 pg 2 DENISON - Graveside service for retired Lt. Col. Edward T. Yelton Jr., 58, of Route 3, who died Tuesday in a local hospital, were at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, conducted military graveside rites. Bratcher Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Yelton was born September 19, 1931 in Hendersonville, North Carolina, son of Edward T. and Naomi Yelton. He graduated from Hendersonville High School in 1950 and from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1976. Yelton married Jimmie Garner September 6, 1954 in Durant. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served 21 years and was a pilot. He served in Korea and completed two tours of Vietnam. Yelton was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Waco. Surviving are his wife; daughter Linda Nichols of Savoy; and two grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of Grayson County, P.O. Box 2283, Sherman, Texas 75091 or the American Cancer Society. Pallbearers were Tracey Garner, James Nichols, Brian Nichols, Donald Nichols, Joe Early and Donald J. Nichols Jr.  Cedarlawn Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |