His full name is George Gilmore Garrison Gann Yeager and it is certain that Rev. Yeager and his wife Nannie moved numerous times during his career as a Methodist minister.
In 1900 they were in the Clay County, MS census; in 1920 Deasonville, Yazoo County, MS with 3 children; in 1930 Biloxi, Harrison County, Ms. The Methodist Church Archives show that they had four children, the first of whom, George Graham Yeager was born and died in 1901. Their granddaughter Barbara Yeager Webb said that her grandmother grieved all her life over this first child, buried in Egypt, MS. Their 3 children who lived are Notie Elesta, who married Frederic A. Russell and had one child; Prentiss Watkins, who married Jessye Mae Reon and had no children; and Mouzon Malachi, who married Georgia Eloise Guice and had 9 children.
Here is his obit from From "Journal of the Mississippi Conference, The Methodist Church," 1946:
"G. G. Yeager 1879-1946, by J. F. Campbell:
Few people ever knew Brother Yeager's full name. He was known in the Conference as George and he always signed his name 'G.G. Yeager.' His full name was: George Gilmore Garrison Gann Yeager. He was given this name by his parents in memory of four Methodist preachers who had been closely connected to the family through the years.
"Brother Yeager was born in Toomsuba, Lauderdale County, Mississippi on April 29, 1879 and died in Pascagoula, Mississippi on February 12, 1946. After a hard day's work in the Ingall's Ship Yard, where he served as guard, he came home, had supper, and retired. About ten o'clock he suffered a heart attack and died before the doctor could reach him.
"Brother Yeager began his career as a section foreman for the railroad and served ten years in this capacity. In 1908 he was licensed to preach and in December 1909 he was admitted on trial into the traveling connection of the Mississippi Annual Conference and served faithfully until the meeting of the Annual Conference in Gulfport in November 1939 when he retired because of ill health.
"He served the following appointments in the Mississippi Conference: McLain, Adams, Hamburg, Hermanville, Rose Hill, Carthage, Scotland, Harrisville, Meridian Seventh Avenue, Coalville, Cleveland, Daleville, Chunky and DeSoto.
"In 1917 he stood an examination and was granted a license to practice law in the State of Mississippi. Though he never followed the profession he was proud of his accomplishments in this line.
"On June 30, 1899 he married Miss Nannie Mononia Harrington of Kemper County, Mississippi. To this union four children were born. George Graham, the first child, died in infancy. The three living children are: Mrs. Notie Elesta Russell of Pascagoula, Prentess Watkins of Biloxi and Muzon Malichi of Holly Springs. His faithful wife is now making her home with the daughter in Pascagoula. One of his brothers, Daniel P. Yeager, is a retired member of the Mississippi Conference.
"Time and space would fail me to tell of his early experiences on the farm of his parents or of his spiritual background as a son of a loyal Methodist family. Any one can tell by the many names of the 'Heros of Faith' that array his family tree that he was not lacking in training for a great heart, and noble thoughts, and heroic deeds. Words are too empty to express the deep devotion of his life to his family, his friends, and his Church. His spirit was a constant song and his life was filled with sunshine and good cheer. He never complained even in the hardest tasks. His loyalty to duty was beautiful, and his faith in God was strong. 'Surely he was a good man.'
"The funeral services were held in the Coalville Methodist Church on the morning of February 14, by some of his brethren: J. F. Campbell, J.L. Neill, T.R. Holt, T.A. Carruth, A.M. Ellison, Murray Cox, G.A. Broadus in the presence of a large congregation of relatives and friends and his body was laid to rest in the Coalville cemetary."