Arnold "Champ" Yoakum

1911 - 1986  (74 years)

• Name	Arnold "Champ" Yoakum
  Nickname	Champ
  Birth	12 Oct 1911	Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jun 1986	Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Burial	24 Jun 1986	Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  Person ID	I17201	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Cletus Yoakum,   b. 26 Apr 1878, Red Creek, Tucker Co., WV d. Mar 1963, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ada M. Moses,   b. 14 May 1885, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 29 Mar 1977, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1905  [3]
  Family ID	F5588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Marie Bennett,   b. 15 Aug 1918, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 4 May 2003, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Ronnie Joe Yoakum   2. Rita Yoakum
  Family ID	F7396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Oct 1911 - Greenbrier Co., WV Death - 22 Jun 1986 - Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV Burial - 24 Jun 1986 - Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Gazette, 23 June 1986 ARNOLD YOAKUM, 74, OF RUPERT, GREENBRIER County, died June 22, 1986, in Humana Hospital Greenbrier Valley, Fairlea, after a long illness. He was a member of Bascom United Methodist Church and was a retired coal miner. Surviving: wife, Marie Bennett Yoakum; daughter, Rita Lilly of Rupert; son, Ronnie of Rupert; sisters, Betty O'Dell and Mary Ruffner, both of Rainelle, Blanche Whitlow of McRoss; brothers, Woodrow and Festy, both of Rupert; three grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wallace-Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle, with the Rev. Albert Shortbridge officiating. Burial will be in Wallace-Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette. [S245] Federal Census Record: Greenbrier Co., WV 1930.