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Britt Lee Yates Sr.

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Britt Lee Yates Sr.

Birth
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Death
5 Jun 2010 (aged 78)
Orange County, Florida, USA
Burial
Lake Mary, Seminole County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 28.7845769, Longitude: -81.3440419
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Britt Lee Yates was born July 11, 1931 in St. Petersburg, FL, and died June 05, 2010 in Orlando, FL. He married LIZZIE IMOGENE MATTHEWS January 08, 1955 in Folkston, GA.
Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Seminole County, FL


Obit:
Britt Lee Yates, Sr., age 79, of Sanford, Florida passed away June 5, 2010. He was born july 11, 1931 in St. Petersburg to Jack Lawrence and Hester Mullins Yates. He had served in the US Marines, been a member of First Baptist Church of Sanford and had been an electonic tech for the telephone company. Britt is survived by his wife, Imogene of Sanford; two daughters, Deborah Crockett and her husband Ernest and Carol Maxey and her husband John; two sons, Britt Lee Yates, Jr. and his wife Tracy and Michael Yates and his wife, Trish; one sister, Lola Keeping and her husband, Kenneth and five brothers, Harold Yates, Raymond Yates and his wife Joan, David Yates and his wife Jean, Charlie Mullins and George Mullins and his wife Carol. Britt is also survived by 9 granddaughters, 5 grandsons and 1 great granddaughter.


Military service: Bet. 1951 - 1953, USMC, Korean War
United States Marine Corps
February 15, 1951 - July 1951: Parris Island, SC and Camp LeJeune, NC.
August 31, 1951 - June 1952: Dog Battery, 1st Marine Wing, 90th Antiaircraft Artillery, Busan (old Pusan), Korea and Pohang, Korea.
June 1952 - 24 March 1953: 2d Marine Wing, 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, FMF, Camp LeJeune, NC.
Date of Rank: Sgt., 10 April 1952
Medals: Korean Service Medal w/2*; United Nations Ribbon.
Honorable Discharge
Britt Lee Yates was born July 11, 1931 in St. Petersburg, FL, and died June 05, 2010 in Orlando, FL. He married LIZZIE IMOGENE MATTHEWS January 08, 1955 in Folkston, GA.
Burial: Oaklawn Cemetery, Seminole County, FL


Obit:
Britt Lee Yates, Sr., age 79, of Sanford, Florida passed away June 5, 2010. He was born july 11, 1931 in St. Petersburg to Jack Lawrence and Hester Mullins Yates. He had served in the US Marines, been a member of First Baptist Church of Sanford and had been an electonic tech for the telephone company. Britt is survived by his wife, Imogene of Sanford; two daughters, Deborah Crockett and her husband Ernest and Carol Maxey and her husband John; two sons, Britt Lee Yates, Jr. and his wife Tracy and Michael Yates and his wife, Trish; one sister, Lola Keeping and her husband, Kenneth and five brothers, Harold Yates, Raymond Yates and his wife Joan, David Yates and his wife Jean, Charlie Mullins and George Mullins and his wife Carol. Britt is also survived by 9 granddaughters, 5 grandsons and 1 great granddaughter.


Military service: Bet. 1951 - 1953, USMC, Korean War
United States Marine Corps
February 15, 1951 - July 1951: Parris Island, SC and Camp LeJeune, NC.
August 31, 1951 - June 1952: Dog Battery, 1st Marine Wing, 90th Antiaircraft Artillery, Busan (old Pusan), Korea and Pohang, Korea.
June 1952 - 24 March 1953: 2d Marine Wing, 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, FMF, Camp LeJeune, NC.
Date of Rank: Sgt., 10 April 1952
Medals: Korean Service Medal w/2*; United Nations Ribbon.
Honorable Discharge


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