Bobby Gene Yarbrough – Obituary

by Lynn McMillen
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Bobby Gene Yarbrough, 84, of Cherokee, died Saturday, March 2, 2019. His visitation will be Tuesday, March 5, 2019 from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm at Morrison Funeral Home, Cherokee. His service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel at 1:00 pm with Steve Slayton officiating. Burial will follow in Harris Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Yarbrough was a member of Cherokee First Baptist Church. He was a member of the Alabama National Guard for 10 years. He retired as a terminal manager for a trucking company, after 40 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Herbert and Alma Mae Yarbrough and his sisters, Winnie Wages and Carolyn Gaines.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Doris Yarbrough; daughters, Jenny Borden (Greg) and Mandy Franks (Howard); grandchildren, Trey Franks, Anna Farris (Craig), Drew Borden (Casey), Ethan Borden, and Lane Franks; great grandchildren, William, Miley, and Maddy Farris, and Taelyn Borden; and sisters, Ann Gabriel (Len) and Mary Frances Puckett (David).

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Mr. Yarbrough was a Christian who loved God and his family. He had a green thumb when it came to gardening and growing flowers. He also loved giving away the vegetables from his garden, to his neighbors and friends.

 

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