Margaret L. Yates

MarGareT lucIlle cole YaTeS, the eldest daughter of the late Reuben and Sadie Lowe Cole, was born on February 28th, 1919 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She departed this life on July 30, 2014 peaceful at the Patapsco Valley Center Nursing Home to be with the Lord. At an early age, she was baptized and received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She united with Mount Zion Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. J.R. Burt. Margaret received her formal education from the Chapel Hill Public School System. During the Depression Period in our nation's history, Margaret left home at age seventeen en route to Baltimore, MD on August 29th, 1936 to assist her parents and support her family. Financially, times were extremely tough then. Her first job was as a maid at St. Timothy's Catholic Boarding School in Catonsville, MD where she worked twelve hours a day, six days per week. Her salary was ten dollars per week and mailed her mother five dollars each week to help support the family, always keeping a dollar for a rainy day. In order to strengthen her income, she attended the Baltimore City Public Night School and graduated at the top of her class as a seamstress. Sewing was her passion and she very much so enjoyed making dresses, coats, evening gowns, pants, suits, pillowcases and sheets. After arriving in Baltimore, she fellowshipped at Morning Star Baptist Church, Wayland Baptist Church and finally the City Temple of Baltimore Baptist Church under the late Rev. Dr. William W. Payne. Her proudest achievement was being ordained as a Deaconess in the church hierarchy on November 18th, 2001 where she was a devoted member until her health began to decline. Early on, she instilled in her children to attend church and Sunday School, to place our Lord and Savior first, to tithe and live a christian life if you wanted to be successful. Margaret was affectionately called "Sister" by her nine brothers and sisters. Sharing family time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren is something she really enjoyed. On December 21, 1940, she married the love of her life, Evie Yates, a young steelworker and that union lasted for fifty-four years (he preceded her in death). From this union came five children: two daughters, Evie Mae Yates (deceased), Cora Bland of Baltimore, MD, three sons, Allen Sr. and Tyrone K. Yates of Baltimore, MD, Byron T. Yates (Sharon) of Charlotte, North Carolina; sister, Elnedia Blake (Matthew) of Baltimore, MD; brother- in-law, Leroy E. Yates (Yvonne) of Goochland, Virginia; and a stepson, Floyd Dandridge of Baltimore, MD; a host of relatives and friends, including a dear friend, Charisse A. Walker of Baltimore, MD.

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Margaret L. Yates

February 28, 1919 - July 30, 2014