Millard Clead Yoakum 
M, (29 October 1897 - 26 March 1972)
- Relationship
- 9th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Millard Clead Yoakum was born on 29 October 1897 at Ray County, Missouri. He was the son of Moses Edward Yoakum and Margaret Ann Clark. Millard Clead Yoakum married, at age 19, Jennie Bell Whitmer, age 18 on Sunday, 25 February 1917. Millard Clead Yoakum died on 26 March 1972 at Ray County Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, at age 74 years, 4 months and 26 days. He was buried in the Richmond Memorial Gardens Cemetery, located in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Roy Yoakum, comp., 'Millard Clede Yoakum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 9 (July 2001), p. 19.
MILLARD CLEDE YOAKUM
Millard Clead Yoakum, 74, 120 Henry Street, died at 3:55 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 1972 at the Ray county memorial hospital after a lengthy illness.
Born Oct. 29, 1897 near Dockery, he was the son of the late Moses E. Yoakum and Margaret (Clark) Yoakum. He had lived in Ray county all of his life, except for a six-year interval, in which he lived in Kansas City. He had been a painter and decorator, was employed by a Ray county road district, worked at the Watson slaughter house, and while in Kansas City, with Nutrena Mills.
On Feb. 25, 1917 he was married to the former Jennie Whitmer of Henrietta. The couple observed their 55th anniversary on Feb. 22, 1972 at home.
Besides his wife, of the home, Mr. Yoakum is survived by two sons, Millard C. Yoakum, Jr., and Whitmer Yoakum, Kansas City, Kansas; a foster son, Clifford Crossley, Independence, two daughters, Mrs. John W. (Mildred) Pike, Kansas City, Kans., and Mrs. John O. (Lula) Cahow, St. Joseph; a brother Earl Yoakum, Richmond, a sister, Mrs. Orville (Mabel) Rippy, Marionville, Mo., 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
A son, Earl David Yoakum, was killed in WW II; a grandchild and a great grandchild died earlier.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Thurman funeral home, with the Rev. William R. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Richmond memory gardens.
Pallbearers will be Charles Ruckdeshell, Ralph Herod, Fred Herod, Melvin Herod, Clarence Stevens, and J.W. Maddux.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, at Thurman's. The family requests contributions in lieu of flowers for the American Cancer society or the heart fund.
Richmond Daily News, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Roy Yoakum, comp., 'Millard Clede Yoakum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 9 (July 2001), p. 19.
MILLARD CLEDE YOAKUM
Millard Clead Yoakum, 74, 120 Henry Street, died at 3:55 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 1972 at the Ray county memorial hospital after a lengthy illness.
Born Oct. 29, 1897 near Dockery, he was the son of the late Moses E. Yoakum and Margaret (Clark) Yoakum. He had lived in Ray county all of his life, except for a six-year interval, in which he lived in Kansas City. He had been a painter and decorator, was employed by a Ray county road district, worked at the Watson slaughter house, and while in Kansas City, with Nutrena Mills.
On Feb. 25, 1917 he was married to the former Jennie Whitmer of Henrietta. The couple observed their 55th anniversary on Feb. 22, 1972 at home.
Besides his wife, of the home, Mr. Yoakum is survived by two sons, Millard C. Yoakum, Jr., and Whitmer Yoakum, Kansas City, Kansas; a foster son, Clifford Crossley, Independence, two daughters, Mrs. John W. (Mildred) Pike, Kansas City, Kans., and Mrs. John O. (Lula) Cahow, St. Joseph; a brother Earl Yoakum, Richmond, a sister, Mrs. Orville (Mabel) Rippy, Marionville, Mo., 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
A son, Earl David Yoakum, was killed in WW II; a grandchild and a great grandchild died earlier.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Thurman funeral home, with the Rev. William R. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Richmond memory gardens.
Pallbearers will be Charles Ruckdeshell, Ralph Herod, Fred Herod, Melvin Herod, Clarence Stevens, and J.W. Maddux.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight, at Thurman's. The family requests contributions in lieu of flowers for the American Cancer society or the heart fund.
Richmond Daily News, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri.
Children of Millard Clead Yoakum and Jennie Bell Whitmer
- Millard Clede Yoakum Jr.
- Mildred J. Yoakum
- Lula Margaret Yoakum+ (1926 - 11 Dec 2001)
- Earl Donald Yoakum
- Whitmer Wayne Yoakum+ (1935 - 30 Dec 2001)
Last Edited=3 Oct 2010