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Bess Yates

Female 1888 - 1965  (76 years)


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  • Name Bess Yates 
    Birth 9 Sep 1888  Owassa, Conecuh, AL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 14 Jul 1965  Richmond, Fort Bend, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Morton Cemetery, Richmond, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16425  Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2017 

    Family George Cleveland Baker,   b. 15 Dec 1872, Rosenberg, Fort Bend, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1952, Richmond, Fort Bend, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 23 May 1930 
    Family ID F6276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 May 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Herald Coaster", 17 Jul 1965 (findagrave.com)
      Funeral services for Mr.s George C. (Bess) Baker, Jr., 76, were held Thursday, July 15, in the First Baptist Church of Richmond. Rev. Wade O. Skinner & Rev. Herman T. Morgan officiated. Interment was in the Morton Cemetery, Richmond, under direction of Garmany & Co. Funeral Directors. Mrs. Baker was born in Owssa, Alabama, on Sept. 9, 1888 & passed away July 14, in the Poly Ryon Hospital. She has resided in Richmond since 1927. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. W.R. Long of Austin, 2 sisters, Miss Lucy Yates of Houston and Mrs. Eugene Muckleroy of Nocogdoches; a grandson, Robert Long, Jr. of Austin & several nieces and nephews.