P.O. Box 506, 943 Highway 425 North, Monticello, AR 71655
Jane Cruce Yates, obituary portrait — Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home

In Loving Memory

Jane CruceYates

Date of Birth March 8, 1939
Passed Away On November 6, 2009
At Age 70 years
Resident of Nashville, TN
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Jane Cruce Yates, born March 8, 1939, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, November 6, 2009, after fighting a courageous battle against cancer in Nashville, TN.

Jane's beauty and infectious personality enriched the lives of everyone she knew, including countless hundreds of children she taught. Jane was retired from operating preschools in Tallahassee, Florida and she was Primitive Baptist. She was the daughter of the late Reuel Cruce, Sr. and Nancy Phillips Cruce and was preceded in death by a brother, Pete Cruce.

Survivors include her husband, Jim Yates of Hot Springs, AR; her children, Yancy and Carey Yates of Lewisburg, TN and Rebecca Yates of Cornersville, TN; one brother, R. E. Cruce, Jr. and wife, Alverne, of Monticello; three sisters, Sarah Marcussen and husband, Wayne, and Thelma Lovett, all of Benton, and Carolyn Cruce of Tallahassee, FL; one granddaughter, Annie, of Cornersville, TN.
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Services

Visitation

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home

943 Highway 425 North

Monticello, AR, 71657

November 9, 2009

from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

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Service

Funeral Service

Campground Methodist Church

Campground Rd.

Monticello, AR, 71655

November 10, 2009

1:00 PM

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Interment

Campground Cemetery

Campground Road

Monticello, AR, 71655

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Condolences (20)

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Justina Brett Orlando, FL November 17, 2009
"Jim, Rebecca, Carey and Yancy,
I am so sorry to hear about Jane.She was my first boss but ended up being so much more, she was like family. What a wonderful stong lady she was! I think of Small World quit often. I will always cherish the fond memories of the five and half years I worked there.
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Kenneth and Kathryne Crook Burton Monticello, AR November 15, 2009
"She is a CROOK cousin (Kathryne)

Kenneth remembers her so well from his young days when he lived on the Pevey placel

She will not be forgotten."
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Mary Ann Smith Lake Seminole, GA November 14, 2009
"Rebecca, Jim, Carey and Yancy, I worked for your mother for years at Small World in Tallahassee. She took me and my two small boys under her wings. She told me I could be or become whatever I wanted to be, and I did, I left Small World, went to work for the Governor of Florida and than when he became Senator I followed him, than went to work for Judges and now carry on with life. She believed in me! She gave so much of herself to help other Mothers, If you had a problem or needed a friend or a shoulder to cry on...she became the strongest shoulder I found! She was a southern lady and a mentor to all, we all learned from her wisdom and the calm person that she was, she will truly be apart of us forever, and I am so sorry, that she left this world but find strength that you will see her again!"
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