Charlie Franklin Yokeley Jr.

Mr. Charlie Franklin Yokeley Jr., 78, a resident of 970 Mount Vernon Church Road, died late Monday, Feb. 24, at Forsyth Medical Center. Born Nov. 23, 1924, in Davidson County to Charlie Franklin and Odessa Sowers Yokeley, he had made this area his home his entire life. He retired in May of 1986 from R..J. Reynolds, where he worked as a machinist. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of New Mount Vernon United Methodist Church for most of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Hagar Williams, Treva Teague, Arleva McAlpine, Blanche Smith, Peggy Parker and Edna Yokeley; and a brother, Raymond Yokeley. On April 20, 1946, he married the former Thelma Hale, who survives of the home. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Sandra Everhart and her husband Robert of Winston-Salem, Miss Lynna Yokeley of Soddy Daisy, Tenn.; a son, Mr. Russel Yokeley and his wife Beverly of Kernersville; sisters, Mrs. Emma Lee Dunn of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Sarah Lou McCrary and husband Billy Joe of Lexington and Mrs. Ruby Bodenheimer of High Point; a brother, Mr. Edward Yokeley and wife Mildred of Winston-Salem; two grandchildren, Miss Kristen Everhart and Miss Hannah Yokeley; and many devoted nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Mrs. Donnie Cecil. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at New Mount Vernon United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Michael D. Lancaster officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home, 10301 N.C. 109 in the Wallburg Community. The family respectfully requests that memorials be made in Mr. Yokeley's memory to the Acute Palliative Care Unit of Forsyth Medical Center, 3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.