DEATH OF MR GADI YATES:  On last Saturday afternoon Mr Yates was in Bonifay in apparently good health for a man of his age.  Sunday he was quite sick and Dr Marshburn was called.  Monday morning Dr Farrior was called from Chipley in consultation, but despite all that the doctors could do, Death, relentless, pressed his claim till 1:00 pm Monday when Mr Yates joined that silent majority in the great beyond.

Mr Yates was born in Jackson county November 30, 1833, and moved to Washington county when a boy.  Talking with him was like reading history of the pioneer days of this region.

All his life he was a farmer and stock raiser, a man of tireless industry and a friend to the needy.  His home was open to the wayfarer, a place of jolly good fellowship to all his friends whom he numbered by the score.  He leaves four sons, one daughter and many other relatives to mourn his departure.  The burial at Bethel cemetery Tuesday afternoon was attended by a large number of people, bearing testimony to their high esteem for him whom they will see on earth no more.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser, Bonifay FL, Saturday, 17 January 1912; transcribed by Cathy Strickland Popp