Kathleen Yancey

Kathleen Yancey

1934–2015

Services for Kathleen Yancey, 81, of Canton, were held Sept. 24, 2015, at the Eubank Funeral Chapel in Canton. Bro. Ron Moore officiated. 

Interment was in Meredith Campground Cemetery in Walton.

Mrs. Yancey died Sept. 21, 2015, in Tyler.  She was born Aug. 19, 1934, in Marble Falls to William Beecher and Lorine Darter Ramsdell. 

She married Kenneth Yancey on Dec. 20, 1953, in Marble Falls. They have lived in Canton for the past 48 years.

Mrs. Yancy was a member of the Little Hope Baptist Church and the Lions Club. She was the first Lady Lion in District 2X2.  She was also a member of the Eastern Star where she served as a Past Matron of Canton 667, Wills Point 366 and Edgewood 904. 

She was a grand organist for the Grand Chapter of Texas Order of the Eastern star.  She has been a church pianist since she was 11 years old and was a piano teacher for more than 25 years.

Mrs. Yancey is preceded in death by her parents; son, Kerry Yancey; and six first cousins. 

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Yancey of Canton; daughter, K. Anice McKinlay of Rockland, Maine; daughter and son-in-law, Jenny Kate and David Price of Tyler; two grandchildren, Jenny Rachel Lyra and Joshua Wayne Price; two great-grandchildren, Rose Mary Lyra and Jagger Wayne Price; and a brother, James Franklin and Emily Ramsdell of Syracuse, N.Y. 

Honorary pallbearers were Foy Kirkland, Don Kirkland, Dwaine Robertson, B.W. Ward, James Norrell and Maxie Turner.