Mrs. Wanda S. Yates, age 74, of Honaker, Virginia, passed away Wednesday (November 16, 2022) in a Bristol, Tennessee hospital. Born February 28, 1948 in McDowell County, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Coy Blankenship and Mary Arwood Street. She had spent most of her life in the area and attended Outreach Temple in Wysor Valley section of Honaker. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends, and tending to her dogs.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Jeanette Kennedy, one half-sister, Hester Blankenship, and two infant siblings.
Survivors include her husband of almost fifty-five years, Wayne Yates of the home; two children, Lisa Roberts and husband, Roger of Charlottesville and Dennis Wayne Yates and wife, Noelle of Honaker; one granddaughter, Breanna Yates; one sister, Jean Hibbitts of Grundy; one half-brother, Lester Blankenship of West Virginia; canine companion, Chloe, several nieces, nephews, and many friends also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Virginia with Rev. Tim Whited officiating. Interment will follow in Ketron Memorial Gardens at Lebanon, Virginia.
Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6:00 PM Friday.