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U. L. "Shorty" Hogan Yerby
28 Mar 1910 – 19 Aug 2005
| Birth | 28 Mar 1910 |
| Death | 19 Aug 2005 |
| Cemetery | Tecumseh Cemetery Tecumseh , Pottawatomie County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | Kay Sugg Best on 21 Aug 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11580209 |
Bio
Copied with permission from the Shawnee News-Star: August 21, 2005: U.L. "Shorty" Thompson Yerby, 95, died Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at a local nursing home. She was born March 28, 1910, in Caviness, Okla., to James M. and Ora L. (Foster) Hogan. She married Howard L. Thompson Sr., who preceded her in death in 1971. She later married Jimmie Yerby in 1975 in Pawnee. Mr. Yerby preceded her in death earlier this year. She spent many years as a housewife but also worked as a librarian at the old Carnegie Library in the late 1930s. She also helped run the family dairy for many years. She was active in the Shawnee Round-up Club in the 1940s and '50s. She was a member of Northwest Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include one son, Howard L. Thompson and wife Lora Dean of Shawnee; one daughter, Juanita L. Lee and husband Jimmie Lee of Prague; one daughter-in-law, Shirley Thompson of Shawnee; two stepsons, Johnny Yerby and wife Beth of Oklahoma City and Curtiss Yerby and wife Pam of Oklahoma City; four sisters, Hester Garrison of Oakdale, Calif., Thelma Hatala of Springfield, Ind., Lorene McKinney of Oklahoma City and Marian Coleman of Oklahoma City; nine grandchildren, Jerry Tim Swink, Danny Swink, Chester (Butch) Miles, Michael Lee, Kenny Thompson, Michael Thompson, Ricky Lee, Beth Condit and Sandra Keaton; 17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Also preceding her in death were her parents; one son, Kenneth Floyd Thompson; two sisters, Beulah Smith and Mattie Smith; three brothers, Lester Hogan, James Hogan and Joe Hogan; and one stepson, Glendale Yerby. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at Northwest Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Fox officiating. Burial will follow at Tecumseh Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Gaskill Funeral Chapel.
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Family
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Siblings
- Beulah Mae Hogan Smith 1908–1979
- Mattie Lee Hogan Smith 1913–1930
- John Lester Hogan 1916–1996
- Hester H. Hogan Garrison 1916–2013
- Effie Lorene Hogan McKinney 1918–2009
- James Madison Hogan 1921–1994
- Thelma Irene Hogan Hatala 1923–2011
- Joseph Leroy "Joe" Hogan 1925–1975
- Marian Lavelle Hogan Coleman 1928–2011
Children
- Howard Lee Thompson Jr 1929–2013
- Kenneth Floyd Thompson 1931–2003
- Juanita Anna Lee Thompson Lee 1933–2019
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