Ellen Gray Yates

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Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service

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February 23, 2026

Ellen Yates Obituary

Ellen Gray Yates, 92 of Roanoke Rapids passed away Saturday, February 21, 2026 at the home of her daughter in Roanoke Rapids.Ellen was born August 3, 1933 in Suffolk, Virginia, the oldest daughter of William Thomas Gray and Bertha Harrell Gray... Read Ellen Yates's Obituary