Funeral services for Clara Belle Yates will be held March 24, 2016 at 11:30 am at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Visitation will be Wednesday March 23, 2016, 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the funeral home.
Clara was born November 18, 1926 in Branson, MO., to William McKinley and Martha Annis (Wilson) Jones.
She passed from this life into the arms of her Savior on Monday March 21, 2016 surrounded by her children in Springfield, MO.
Preceded in death by her parents; husband, Watkins Spain “Bud” Yates; daughter, Pamela Jean Watkins; sisters, Mary Weter Teague, Bertha Haskett, Opal Kelly; brothers, Lloyd Jack and Eugene Jones.
Clara is survived by her three devoted children, Victoria “Vicky” Hammer Myles, Watkins Spain Yates, Jr., Thomas Gregory Yates and wife Karen; eleven grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces nephews and friends.
The family would like to thank Mercy Hospice for their compassion in caring for our mother.