- Date Of Birth: July 29, 1929
- Date Of Death: October 27, 2021
- State: North Carolina
Ruth Blackwelder Yates, 92, of Kannapolis, passed away Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at Big Elm Retirement & Nursing Center in Kannapolis.
She will be cherished and remembered by her children; Gail (James) Karriker of Salisbury, Steve (Mary) Yates of Midland, and Tim (Susie) Yates of Concord.
She had six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren. She also had two sister; Thelma Yow and Carolyn Morrison of Concord, and a brother Homer Blackwelder of Midland.
Preceded in death by her husband Buddy Yates, a son named Darrell Yates and two brothers; Ray and Bill Blackwelder, along with parents Lawson and Clara Barringer Blackwelder.
