Charles Edward YATES

1922 - 2011  (88 years)

• Name	Charles Edward YATES
  Birth	17 Dec 1922	Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	58D36E357F8F4E0492F16FB7FFE9BE9310F5
  Death	14 Nov 2011	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
  Burial	Dallas - Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Charles Edward Yates Jr., 88, of Fort Worth passed away Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Funeral: 9:30 a.m. Friday at Arborlawn United Methodist Church, Fort Worth. Interment: 12:30 p.m. Friday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Arborlawn Helping Hands, 5001 Briarhaven Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76109, or to the charity of your choice. Charlie was born Dec. 17, 1922, in Cisco to Charles and Marjorie Yates. He graduated from Cisco High School in 1941 and joined the Army Air Force in 1943. He was trained as a bombardier in B-24s and flew 50 combat missions in Europe. After the war he attended Texas Tech where he met and married Dorothy Minter in 1948. He was recalled to active duty in 1951 with assignments in B-57s at Laon Air Base, France, and B-52s at Barksdale, Loring and Carswell Air Force Base. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1976 and went to work at the American Airlines Training Center, retiring in 1993. He was preceded in death by a son, Bill W. Yates. Survivors: Wife of 63 years, Dottie; children, Charlie and wife, Diane Yates, and Vicki Griffin and husband, Dennis; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Published in Star-Telegram from November 17 to November 18, 2011
  Person ID	I8950	America
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Nell Minter,   b. 16 Jul 1929, Wheeler County, Texas, USA d. 26 Jul 2018, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1948	Texas, USA
  Family ID	F3691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2020

  
  

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