Dr. Lionel M. Yoe

Dr. Lionel M. Yoe October 25, 1918- October 4, 2007 COLUMBUS, GA— Dr. Lionel M. Yoe, age 88, of Columbus, died Thursday, October 04, 2007, after a short illness. Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M. Saturday at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary's Macon Road Chapel with a private burial to follow in Parkhill Cemetery. Members of the Muscogee County Medical Society and the Muscogee Lions Club will be honorary pallbearers. Dr. Yoe was born October 25, 1918 in Talladega, AL the son of Dr. Alphus Omega and Annie Lucille Curry Yoe. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN in 1939. Dr. Yoe served during World War II in the Army Air Corps. After his military service, Dr. Yoe graduated from Emory University and the Medical College of Georgia. He had lived in Columbus since 1955 where he practiced ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery until he retired in 2006. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Yoe was a Mason, and a member of the Muscogee County Medical Society, the Muscogee Lions Club, and St. Luke United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Elizabeth Joan DeWitt Yoe of Columbus; a daughter, Julie Annette Stenger and her husband, Ron, of Duluth ; 3 sons, Lionel Meredith Yoe, Jr. of Atlanta, William Thomas Yoe and his wife, Vicki, of Columbus; and Robert Stanley Yoe of Powder Springs; 5 grandchildren, Robert Asa Yoe, Virginia Elizabeth Driver, Jennifer LeAn Yoe, Russell Morris Yoe, and Alexandra Leigh Stenger; a brother, Dr. Alphus Omega Yoe, Jr. of Talladega, AL; and a sister, Etna Evelyn Lawrence of Cedartown. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to a favorite charity in memory of Dr. Yoe.