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Additional YANCEY Surnames in OXFORD Cemetery
Additional YANCEY Surnames in IZARD County
YANCEY, Joel PYANCEY, Emma RYANCEY, George WYANCEY, Jackie LYANCEY, James CullenYANCEY, Lowell "Horace"YANCEY, Morgan LYANCEY, Billy JoeYANCEY, Epper P.YANCEY, Joseph EldonYANCEY, Alvia LeonardYANCEY, ZannieYANCEY, H.YANCEY, Jessie L.YANCEY, Selda RheaYANCEY, Verna D.YANCEY, Molly JaneYANCEY, Zelda LoisYANCEY, Infant SonYANCEY, Mary LeoraYANCEY, Myrtle MaryYANCEY, CoraYANCEY, Thearl OmelYANCEY, Margaret MelvinaYANCEY, EuniceYANCEY, Pernettie Francis "Nettie"YANCEY, Vernie InezYANCEY, Mahala Ethel AnnYANCEY, E RenaYANCEY, Mellie RYANCEY, Zelma EYANCEY, Verda ElvaYANCEY, Otis WilliamYANCEY, Joyce LaverneYANCEY, Ramon OtisYANCEY, Agnes MaeYANCEY, Maude FrancisYANCEY, Miney DaleYANCEY, Sarah JaneYANCEY, William HarrisonYANCEY, B. B.YANCEY, Elbert ElmerYANCEY, Mary Catherine "Kate"YANCEY, L. V.YANCEY, Infant SonYANCEY, Leonard VirgilYANCEY, Rubin MillardYANCEY, Maxey WorthelYANCEY, Alfred UtleyYANCEY, Hubert LindseyYANCEY, Almon CurvanYANCEY, Walter BurtonYANCEY, Ezra EuniceYANCEY, Allison Alexander
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Submitted: 2/11/12 • Approved: 2/12/12 • Last Updated: 8/24/12 • R648066-G648066-S3
September 1, 1909, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas
November 4, 2002, Mountain Home, Arkansas
Daughter of Benjamin Carson Simmons & Addie Elizabeth Jacobs Simmons
Married (1) Ernest Earl Dillard, December 25, 1928, Fulton County, Arkansas
Married (2) James William Shelby Yancey, July 21, 1977
White River Current, Calico Rock, Arkansas, November 11, 2002:
Lela Dillard Yancey of Oxford, daughter of the late Benjamin Carson and Addie Elizabeth Jacobs Simmons, was born September 1, 1909 in Oxford. She died on November 4, 2002 in Mountain Home. She was 93 years old.
During her working years, Lela did many things; she was a teacher, a nurse’s aid at Salem Nursing Home, she worked for many years in the Oxford School Cafeteria and she worked at the Oxford Café. She was a wife, mother grandmother and great grandmother.
Lela was united in marriage to Earl Dillard on December 25, 1928 until his passing in February 1964. On July 21, 1977, she was married to Shelby Yancey until his passing in 1993. She was a member of the Oxford Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, and one son-in-law, Millie Helm of Oxford and Jewell and Gene Story of West Plains, Missouri; one son Sam Dillard of Nashville, Tennessee; one sister, Hazel Goodwin of Salem; three daughters-in-law, Rachel, Sandy and Sharon Dillard; sixteen grandchildren, Ron Helm, Chrys Anderson, Kathy Reams, Debbie Bigler, Joe Story, Theran “Bo” Story, Jeanmarie Nielson, Leslie Sharp, Terry Dillard, Jennifer Calcote, Michael Norvold, Thomas Norvold, Danny Dallard, Candace Blevins, Gary Dillard and Dwayne Dillard; 34 great grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren; one step grand daughter, Debbie Cope; 2 step great grandchildren and 1 step great great grandchild and a host of other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, two sons, James and Carroll Dillard; one step daughter, Wilma Kay Rains; one great granddaughter, Sydney Norvold and one son-in-law, Terrence Helm.
Interment was at Oxford Cemetery under the direction of Eddie’s Family Funeral Home.
[Note: She was buried beside her first husband with the surname of Dillard even though she had been a Yancey for the last 25 years of her life.]
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Contributed on 2/11/12 by maxparnell
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