LUCEDALE -- Maggie Jo Yates, 100, died Tuesday, January 02, 2010, at Glen Oaks Nursing Home.
Born in Kosciusko, Miss., Mrs. Yates was the daughter of the late Robert Levi Prycock and Elizabeth Memi (Piester) Prycock. She was a homemaker.
During her lifetime, Maggie Jo Yates had been a shipyard welder during World War II, answering the call of duty to her country.
Survivors include daughters Darlene (Bill) Foster of Vicksburg, Mich., Peggy Moorer of Boise, Idaho, and Maudean (Charles) Peacock of Bay Minette, Ala.; sons Phillip (Clara) Yates of Gulfport, Roger (Sandra) Yates and Wayne (Rita) Yates, both of Lucedale; 22 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren; nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, J.T. Yates.
Visitation and funeral services were held Friday, January 15, 2010, at Sigler Funeral Home. Interment followed in the Pine View Cemetery, with the Rev. Norman Turner officiating services.
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