Yarberry Tombstones at Murrays Cemetery in Sweetwater, TN
The Yarberry's
George Theodore Yarberry and Mary Jane "Janie" Caughron had 12 children (I have been told) 9 grew to old age.
I don't know the order of the kids, but will get as close as possible.
*1.Estelle Yarbery Seymour b.16Nov1906 d.2Nov1995 (lived in Mississippi most of her life)
*2.Lela Yarberry Ferguson b.13May1909 d.23 April 2004 m.James P Ferguson b.27May1908 D.7Oct1974
*3.Mary Yarberry Chambers b.27Dec1916 d.12Mar1990 m.Jack Arthur Chambers b.21Dec1914 d.14Apr1965
*4.Martha Trula Yarberry b.21Apr 1919 d.4Oct1979 m.Herman (Wormy)Vernon Richesin b.27Oct1916 d.11Mar1977
$$$note....1,2,3,4,7 are all buried at Murrays Church Cemetery in Sweetwater, TN.
*5.George Theodore Yarberry Jr. (lived in Texas) d. March 10, 1990 Harris Co, TX, wife is Mildred
*6.James (Jim) Yarberry (lived in Sweetwater)
*7.Gladys Ruth Yarberry Clark McDonald (she went by Ruth) b. May 13, 1922 d. Aug 27, 2009
*8.Ella Rae Yarberry Clark (lives in Niota)
*9.Ruby Yarberry (lives in Arizona)
MILLICAN GROVE CEMETERY
If at Douglas Dam RD and Allensville RD, drive about five miles on
Allensville Rd, located on the left side of the road, right past Mathews
Way
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Gladys Ruth Yarberry Clark McDonald, 87, of Athens, died Thursday morning, Aug. 27, 2009, at her residence.
A native of Monroe County, and a longtime resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late George and Mary Jane Caughran Yarberry. She was also preceded in death by five sisters, Estelle Seymour, Lela Ferguson, Ruby Greenleaf, Mary Chambers and Trula Richeson; two brothers, George Jr. and James Yarberry; and one stepson, Ricky McDonald. She was a member of Pope Avenue Baptist Church and was a former employee of Athens Hosiery Mill and Carver Chair Company.
Survivors include her husband, Bernie Ray McDonald of Athens; two daughters and one son-in-law, Mary F. and Bill Woods of Athens, and Joan K. Jones of Gilroy, Calif.; two sons and one daughter-in-law, William G. Clark of Athens, and Charles J. and Charlotte Clark of Chattanooga; two stepdaughters and their spouses, Doris and Leonard McGuire of Cleveland, and Janice and Bill Williams of Niota; several grandchildren; and one sister, Ella Ray Melton of Niota.
Funeral services will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Ziegler Funeral Home with the Rev. Van Elkins and the Rev. Bob Smith officiating. Burial will be 1 p.m. Sunday in McMinn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
If you are unable to attend the visitation or service, sign the guest registry at www.zieglerfuneralhome.com
Ziegler Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements
George T Yarberry b.20Oct1885 d.25April1955 m.Mary Jane b.24Nov1885 d.23Mar1962
Estelle Yarberry Seymour b.16Nov1906 d.2Nov1995
James P Ferguson b.27May1908 d.7Oct1974 m.Lela Yarberry b.13May1909 d.April23, 2004
Jack Arthur Chambers b.21Dce1914 d.14Apr1965 m.Mary Yarberry b.27Dec1916 d.12Mar1990