June T. YEATES

YORKTOWN - June Theresa Vinson Yeates died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, in the Gardens at Warwick Forest.
June was a natural teacher, who enjoyed working with young people, both in the church school and high school. In later years, when granddaughters came to visit, she loved to play games with them.
A native of Cadiz, Ky., she was born June 29, 1921, to Carey Thomas and Mallie Guier Vinson. She attended a one room school in Trigg County, Ky., and later elementary and high school in Cadiz. She graduated in 1938 and entered Western Kentucky Teachers College in Bowling Green, Ky., from 1938 to 1942. She graduated in 1942 and taught school in Trigg County and near Louisville, Ky., before heading to Oak Ridge, Tenn., to work on the Manhatten Project during WW II. When her husband returned from WW II, in 1946, she helped him through college at the University of Alabama by teaching school in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Following his graduation in 1947, she came with him to Hampton, Va., where she taught in high school. Following her stint in Hampton, she taught in Poquoson and later in the new York County High School (1955) as Director of Guidance. She was one of the early presidents of the Yorktown Women's Club, and later as District President of the Tidewater District VFWC. She was one of the early members of the Yorkminster Presbyterian Church, later serving as an Elder. She was moderator of the Women of the Church in the Norfolk Presbytery in the 1980's (now Presbytery of Eastern Va.). She was the Peninsula Woman of the Year for 1973. She helped to start the Bargain Box and later served as president of the York County Volunteer Association for three years. During this period she received a Master Degree in Education from the College of William and Mary. From 1970 to 1990 she served as volunteer director of the York County Parent and Child Development Center, which was operated by the York County Volunteer Association in cooperation with the County of York for at risk children in York County. In 1979, she was honored by the Board of Supervisors of York County by naming the County's Griffin-Yeates Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Lula Vinson Wilson; and brother, Jesse Vinson.
She is survived by her husband, John Edmond Yeates; two sons, John V. Yeates and wife, Kate and their daughters, Emily, Juliett and Genevieve, all of Round Hill, Va., Lawrence G. Yeates and wife, Karen and their daughters, Rachel and Chloe, all of Kennesaw, Ga.; two brothers, Cary T. Vinson and his wife, Nell of Cadiz, Ky., Judge C. Roger Vinson and wife Ellen of Pensacola, Fla.; and many extended family members and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Dec. 12, at Yorkminster Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Yeates will be cremated with burial at a later date in the Vinson Family Cemetery in Cadiz, Ky.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the following, Yorkminster Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 6218 Geo. Wash.Mem.Hwy., Grafton VA 23692; Presbyterian Home and Family Services, 150 Linden Ave., Linden Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24503; York County Volunteer Assoc. (Bargain Box) 222 Dare Road, Yorktown, VA 23692; or Alzheimer's Association, 6350 Center Dr., Suite 102, Norfolk, VA 23502 View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.