RAY YATES

Carl Ray Yates, 69, of Coeburn, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020 at his residence in Coeburn, Virginia.

He was a retired employee if VICC in Coeburn and a U.S. Army Veteran.

He was the son of the late Eli Tucker Yates and Lydia Inez Yates, also preceded in death by sister, Marie Childress and a brother, R. C. Yates.

Survivors include his loving wife of 50 years, Judy Adkins Yates, Coeburn, two sons, Shannon (Jaime Counts) Yates, Clintwood,and Jamey Carl Yates, Coeburn, three sisters, Margaret Doss and Ruth Amerson, both of Coeburn, and Hazel Mays, Clintwood, three brothers, Lowell Yates, and Rev. Noel “Shorty” Yates, both of Coeburn, and Wayne Yates, Kingsport, TN, he really loved and adored his grandsons, Colton Yates, Dalton Yates and Mason Yates, several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Carl Ray Yates were held on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 p.m. at Riverview Pentecostal Church with Rev. Joseph Daniel Dearry and Rev. Shorty Yates officiating. Burial was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 20 at Yates Cemetery on Carter Stanley Highway. Coeburn V.F.W. preformed military rites at the church. Visitation was held Wednesday after 5 p.m.

Arrangements by Estes Funeral Home, 114 High Ave., Coeburn, VA.