GARY DEAN YELTON

Gary Dean Yelton, age 50, of Cub Creek Rd. Bakersville, NC, died May 3, 2004, at  Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. He was a former employee of Unimin Mining Corporation in shipping, and was a native of Mitchell County, NC. Mr. Yelton was a member of Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church. 

He was preceded in death by: Father - Claude Yelton, Sisters - Wanda Hoilman, and Jean Yelton. 

Survivors include: Mother - Mary Yelton, of Bakersville, NC, Wife - Shirley Ballard Yelton, of Bakersville, NC, Daughters - Deanna Buchanan, and Shannon Byrd, both of Bakersville, NC, Son - Derek Yelton, of Bakersville, NC, Sisters - Linda McFalls, Vickie Waycaster, and Ann Stout, all of Spruce Pine, NC, and Janice Silver, of Erwin, TN, Brothers - Howard Yelton and Larry Yelton, Both of Bakersville, NC, and Jim Yelton, of Morganton, NC, Granddaughter - Mariah Buchanan.

 Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 5 - 8PM, in the chapel of Henline - Hughes Funeral Home, with Skip Weiford, Gerald Grindstaff, and Steve Williams officiating. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Burial will be Thursday, May 6 - 11AM, at Phillips Cemetery (Fork Mountain). Henline - Hughes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.