Dianne Yerby passed away on January 26, 2023 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL. She was 79 years old. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 3:00pm from the Otts Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Bro. Randy Atkinson to officiate. Visitation will be held in the Otts Funeral Home Parlor prior to the funeral service from 1:00pm until 3:00pm.
Dianne was born on May 10, 1943 to Hobert and Juanita Spruiell Scott. She married Herschel Yerby on June 4, 1961. She was a 1961 graduate of Sulligent High School and later attended Jefferson State and UAB.
Dianne enjoyed traveling. Her favorite trip was always the next one; it didn’t much matter where it was to. She was interested in history and current events and was always quick to offer her take. She liked to spend Summer weekends laying in the sun, reading on the pier, and watching for turtles. She liked good food.
She amassed a trove of clothing, shoes, and jewelry and made a habit of continually adding to it. She was a faithful and dutiful member of Hillview Baptist Church and cared dearly for the church and its members.
Dianne loved her family deeply and openly.
Above all else, Dianne was MeMaw. She was MeMaw not only to her grandchildren and family, but to their friends and classmates too. Seemingly everyone of a certain age in Fayette or Cullman knew MeMaw. She had recently become, as she would certainly have you know, MeMaw to two great grandchildren.
She was a talker who never met a stranger. She was a character. She was something.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her son, Jeff. She is survived by her husband Herschel, of Mount Olive; her daughter and son-in-law Tonya and Mike Freeman of Fayette; daughter-in-law Shara Yerby of Cullman; grandchildren Zack Freeman (Austyn), Madi McCool (Logan), Hannah Yerby, and Dalton Yerby; and great-grandchildren Andy Freeman and Elzie McCool.
