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BIXBY -- John Franklin Yarbrough, Jr., 82, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home Chapel.
BIXBY -- Muriel M. Yarbrough, 82, teacher, died Thursday. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Sunday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, and graveside service 11 a.m. Monday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.
Funeral services for Vern Yard, 62, will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church. Yard died Wednesday.
Born in Smith Center, Kans.,he lived with his sister Mrs. Peggy Horton in Jenks for several years.
Burial will be at 4 p.m. in the Dewey City Cemetery.
Survivors are four brothers, Lyvonia Blackburn and Dale Yard of Dewey, Frank Yard of Wellington, Kans., Terrance Yard of Guymond; a sister, Mrs. Peggy Horton of Jenks; a son, Harvey Yard of San Jose, Calif., and three grandchildren.
From "Traveling Down Memory Lane" by Nella Gentis Short, The Jenks Journal, Thursday, November 13, 1969
"The passing of Vern Yard at the Riverside Nursing Home left pleasant memories for the home. As Mr. Yard and Mrs. Hays were the first two residents of the home. He enjoyed Sunday school and church services and also enjoyed singing. He and Glen Pope later attended the Manger Baptist church for sometime. After he became a wheel chair patient he became less active. He enjoyed his room mate, the late George Ray. He was helpful in helping the chair patients to the meals until he became helpless. He enjoyed cookies, cake and ice cream, and also gifts that friends brought to him and he never failed to thank each one for their kindness. His sister, Peggy Horton, resides at the home. His nephew and family were his regular visitors. He will be missed by those in the home including the personnel and residents and others who have been frequent visitors since the opening of the home."
BIXBY -- Paul C. Yates, 95, retired MK&O Buslines driver, died Saturday. Visitation 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday and 9 - 11 a.m. Wednesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Downtown Church of Christ.
BIXBY -- LaVictor D. Yeager, 45, Port of Catoosa janitor, died Tuesday. Services pending. New Dyer, Tulsa.
JENKS -- Ruby Yeakley, 73, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services pending. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
BIXBY -- William L. Yeakley, 53, died Tuesday. Service 3 p.m. Friday. Bixby Funeral Chapel.
From "The Jenks Journal," Thursday, March 25, 2004
Services for William L. Yeakley, 53, of Jenks were held at 3 p.m., Friday, March 19, at the Bixby Funeral Service Colonial Chapel. Reverend Donald Homady officiated
Interment was at Bixby Cemetery under the direction of Jack Selby, Bixby Funeral Service.
Wiulliam was preceded in death by his father, Leonard in January, 1990; his brother Jimmy in August, 1996 and his mother Ruby in 2002.
He is survied by one brother, Steve Yeakley and wife Pam; one nephew Adam Yeakley and wife Tessa.
GLENPOOL -- Michael Edward Yenter, 52, retired from the Civil Service, died Saturday. Service 3 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.
BIXBY -- Rafael Yescas, Sr., 51, greenhouse salesman, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Rivercrest Chapel, Bixby Funeral Service.
BIXBY -- Bobbie Owen Yockey, 46, plumber, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Bixby Funeral Service Chapel
BIXBY MAN SUCCUMBS TO CRASH INJURIES
A Bixby man died Sunday from injuries sustained in an earlier crash that was caused by a pre-existing medical condition, authorities said.
Bobbie Owen Yockey, 46, was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa for observation after his 2001 Dodge pickup went off U.S. 75 while southbound about 3 p.m. March 15.
Yockey's pickup struck a guardrail and bridge railing in the crash after he became ill, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
He died later at the hospital from his injuries, which were complicated by his illness, troopers said.
Yockey had been wearing a seat belt, the patrol reported.
LEONARD -- Inez M. York, 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, Bixby and service 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church.
BIXBY -- James D. "J.D." Young, 51, Tulsa Rig president, died Saturday. Visitation 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesday, Leonard & Marker Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Broken Arrow. Moore's Eastlawn, Tulsa.
From "The Tulsa World," Thursday, February 5, 2004, Section A, Page 13
James David "J.D." Young, president of Tulsa Rig Iron, died Saturday. He was 51.
A funeral service is set for 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Broken Arrow under the direction of Moore's Eastlawn Funeral Home.
Young was born Nov. 2, 1952 in Snider, Texas. He grew up in Lafayette, La.
In 1986, he married Lynn Miller.
In 1987, Young founded Tulsa Rig Iron. He was president and chief executive officer.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Broken Arrow.
He was a Sunday school teacher and director and was the Sunday school coordinator of missions.
He is survived by his wife, Lynn Young; three sons, Trevor Young, Troy Young and Jason Young, all of Bixby; a daughter, Mandy Jacobson of Tulsa; his father, James W. Young of Lafayette, La.; two brothers, Greg Young and Scott Young, both of Lafayette; a sister, Karen Young of Brimfield, Mass.; and four grandchildren.
BIXBY -- Jewell A. Young, 92, homemaker, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Shellenbarger Free Will Baptist Church. Leonard & Marker.
BIXBY -- Letha L. Young, 93, Young's Cafe owner, died Monday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Bixby Freewill Baptist Church. Bixby Funeral Service.
BIXBY -- Lois Mae Walker Young, 87, died Wednesday in Gravely, Ark. Service was held Thursday in Gravely. Cornwell, Danville, Ark.
JENKS--A 4-year-old boy died Monday when he fell off a backhoe that his grandfather was operating, authorities said.
Spencer Youngblood was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries he suffered when he fell off the fender of the machinery and was crushed, authorities said.
Spencer's grandfather was using the backhoe to clear a dirt bike path, police said.
SAPULPA--Spencer Blake Youngblood, 4, died Monday. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Faith Free Will Baptist Church, Glenpool. Smith.
A memorial fund has been set up for a Sapulpa boy who died Monday when he fell from a backhoe operated by his grandfather. spencer Youngblood, 4, died of a head injury, a medical examiner said.
Donations may be sent to the Sapulpa Elementary School Wrestling Club Memorial Fund at First United Bank, P.O. Box 1290, Sapulpa, OK 74066 or given at any First United Bank branch in the state.
A 4-year-old boy was killed in a freak accident Monday morning near 111th Street and Elm.
Jenks Police investigated and reported that the boy, Spencer Blake Youngblood, was riding on the fender of a backhoe and was holding onto his grandfather's leg when the accident happened.
The grandfather was pulling dirt down for a motorcycle jump when the boy slipped and was run over by the tractor.
The boy lived in Sapulpa with his mother, Julie McAlister. His father is Daniel Wayne Youngblood also of Sapulpa.
The grandfather is Patrick Hayne of 920 E. 111th St. of Jenks.
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