Gary "Magic" Yeates

1951 - 2002

Gary "Magic" Yeates, 51, an automotive manager, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, 2002, at a local hospital after a brief illness.

Funeral: 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel. Burial: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park.

Pallbearers: Bob Ward, Dan Dorsey, Julian Smith, Jack Johnson, Leo Tierney, Don Raymond Smith, Bryan Chilcute and Gerald Daniels. Honorary pallbearers: Bill Haynes, Jerry Tinkle, Rusty Allen, David Yeates, Dick Hughes, Leroy Andress, David Hughes, Phillip Thomas, Mike Young and Lawrence Brewton.

Magic was a very loving and special husband, father, son, brother and grandfather.

Gary was born July 19, 1951, in Matador. He graduated from Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena. He spent most of the last 30 years in the automotive business and was associated with MetroPlex Toyota in Duncanville at the time of his death. Gary was a member of the Church of Christ. "Magic" loved nothing more than being with the people he loved, whether that was playing golf, fishing, sitting in a garage with friends or talking to someone on the phone. He lit up any room he went into, and has left behind a legacy of humor, wisdom, love and brotherhood, which we will cherish forever. We are all better for having known him.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Dr. Charles Carlton and nurses Sharon, Rebecca, Allison and Cindy.

He was preceded in death by his father, Gerald Yeates, in 1996, and his grandparents, Charles and Ouida Gage and Tom and Mamie Yeates

Survivors: Loving wife and best friend for over 17 years, Dianne Yeates of Fort Worth; mother, Evelyn Yeates of Lubbock; daughter, Amy De'Anne Yeates of Clear Lake; sons, Gary Patrick Yeates of Clear Lake and Sean Smith of Fort Worth; mother-in-law, AlaBee Copenhaver of Fort Worth; sister, Andrea Thomas and her husband, Neal, of Lubbock; brothers, Scott Yeates and his wife, Valerie, of Lubbock and Rick Yeates and his wife, Molly, of Midland; grandchildren, Geoffrey, Zain, Collin, Bailey, Taylor and Colby; three nephews, David, Phillip and Cooper; nieces, April, Elissa and Shelbi; many aunts, uncles and cousins; and an extended family of friends, partners in mischief and golfing buddies, who should consider themselves part of our family always.