Champion Decator Yancey
C. D. & Martha Yancey Family
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Champion Decatur Yancey and family
William Luther Yancey
John Walter & William Luther Yancey - sons of Champion Decatur Yancey
Mary Eliza Yancey and family
Thomas Henry Yancey
Thomas Henry Yancey
Ella P Yancey & Family
Ida Jane Yancey
Perry Elias Yancey
Carl; Decatur Yancey
John Walter Yancey
Champion Decatur Yancey
CHAMPION DECATUR YANCEY
THE GRAHAM LEADER THURSDAY JUNE 5, 1924
ANOTHER PIONEER CITIZEN OF COUNTY PASSES AWAY, MAY 30, 1924
THE SAD NEWS OF THE DEATH OF MR. C. D. YANCEY OF ELIASVILLE REACHED GRAHAM LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HE HAD BEEN IN BAD HEALTH FOR SOME TIME AND HIS DEATH WAS NOT
UNEXPECTED. AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD WAS PRESENT AT THE FUNERAL IN ELIASVILLE,
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CONDUCTED BY BRO. WILSON, THE PASTOR OF THE ELIASVILLE BAPTIST
CHURCH .. THE FLORAL OFFERINGS WERE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND REVEALED THE HIGH ESTEEM
IN WHICH HE WAS HELD IN THE COMMUNITY. THE ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WERE: F.D. CKETT,
T.R BILLINGSLEY, SAM LOTHLEN, EDD WOOD, L.M. PRATT, GEORGE T. ADAMS, W.M. DAVIS.
HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE W. H. MCCULLOUGH, G. W. IDLL, W. A. ANDREWS, W.
CUNNINGHAM, AD. LINGSLEY AND DR. D. J. NEWELL.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, 8 CHILDREN 25, GRANDCHILDREN, AND 16 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. ONE SON AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
CHAMPION DECATUR YANCEY WAS BORN NEAR THE TOWN OF LAFAYETTE, CHAMBERS CO.,
ALABAMA, ON NOV.23,1848, AND MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS AT NINE YEARS OLD TO
LOUISIANA. HE WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT THE OLD GRAY SCHOOL
HOUSE IN CLAIBORNE PARISH, LA. WHEN HE WAS 15 YEARS OF AGE.
AT THE AGE OF 18, HE CAME TO HUNT CO, TEXAS, AND ON JAN. 23, 1870, HE WAS
MARRIED TO MISS MARTHA JANE DE LONG OF HOPKINS CO. IN 1879,HE MOVED TO YOUNG
CO., WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH LAST FRIDAY. TO THIS UNION NINE CHILDREN
WERE BORN. SIX BOYS AND THREE GIRLS, ALL OF WHOM SURVIVE THEIR FATHER EXCEPT ONE
SON WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR. THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN
DIED MARCH 4, 1901. HE WAS MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO MRS. FRANKIE SHUMAKER OF
GRAHAM WHO LIVED ONLY A SHORT TIME, AND ON DEC 14, 1905, HE WAS MARRIED TO MISS
MARY CLEM OF GRAHAM WHO SURVIVES HIM.
UNCLE DOCK YANCEY, AS HE WAS FAMILIARLY KNOWN BY A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS,
ALWAYS LOOKED ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE. HE BROUGHT HAPPINESS AND SUNSHINE TO
ALL WITH WHOM HE CAME IN CONTACT. HIS HOST OF FRIENDS REGRET TO LEARN OF HIS
DEATH.