Abilene Reporter-News
February 7, 2012

Tom "Toby" Yates
Weinert

Tom (Toby) Yates, 84, of Weinert passed away Monday, February 6, 2012, in Haskell, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at First Baptist Church of Weinert with burial in Weinert Cemetery under the direction of McCauley-Smith Funeral Home in Munday. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Yates was born August 24, 1927, in Knox County to Charlie Bell Yates and Mary Clayborn Yates. He served in the US Army at the end of WWII. He married Alice Cypert on September 21, 1947, in Haskell, Texas. They resided at Weinert where he farmed for 58 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Weinert and served on the Building and Grounds Committee for many years. He also served on the Weinert Gin Board and the Weinert School Board.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his three brothers, William "Bill" Yates, Charles "Cowboy" Yates and Floyd "Bud" Yates and by his sisters Ballie Cooksey, Lucille Smith, Dorothy Pierce, Mary Reynolds, Angie Slaughter and Virginia "Jinx" Burnison.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Yates, of Weinert, two daughters, Mary and Ed Murphy of Weinert, and Linda and Ricky Wade of Bryson, and one son, Joe and Caron Yates of Weinert; seven grandchildren, Shanna White, Lane Murphy, Jace Yates, Dustin Yates, TJ Yates, Taylor Wade and Tanner Wade; and four great-grandchildren, Bracken White, Toby White, Harper Murphy and Waylon Yates.