Thomas Halbert Yeatman

December 1, 1927 - November 28, 2016

Thomas Halbert Yeatman, Jr., age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 28, 2016, at Windsor Place.  Funeral services will be Friday, December 2, 2016, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gene
Bramlett officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, December 2, 2016 , from 11:00 AM until the time of the service at Memorial Funeral Home.

Mr. Yeatman was born December 1, 1927, in Longview, MS, to the late Thomas Halbert Yeatman, Sr. and Louise Price Yeatman.  He graduated from S. D. Lee High School and attended Mississippi State University before joining the Navy and serving in World War II.  After his time in the Navy, he returned to Columbus where he married Peggy Bowie, his wife of 68 years. Mr. Yeatman was a member of Central United Methodist Church (now Covenant United Methodist Church) where he was involved in Methodist Men as well as other areas of the church.  He was also very civic minded.  Mr. Yeatman was a member of the Lions Club, the Hamasa Shrine Temple, and was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Columbus Lodge #5 F&AM.  He was a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts and coached peewee football for the YMCA.  Mr. Yeatman was an avid pilot in his younger years and also very involved with the Columbus Archery Club.  He owned a gas station and motel before becoming involved in the wholesale and retail gasoline and oil business.  He later became a life insurance salesman where he owned and operated his own agency until retirement. In addition to his parents, Mr. Yeatman was preceded in death by his sisters, Dorothy Yeatman Brown and Virginia Yeatman Graham, and brothers, James "Buddy" Yeatman and Harry Yeatman.


Survivors include his wife, Peggy Bowie Yeatman, son, Tommy Yeatman and his wife Vivian, daughter, Teri Yeatman Blaise and her husband Bruce, grandchildren, Luke Yeatman and his wife Laura Catherine, Trent Yeatman, Brett Blaise and his wife Shelly, and great grandchildren, Julia Yeatman and Hudson Yeatman, all of Columbus, MS.

Pallbearers will be Brett Blaise, Bruce Blaise, Luke Yeatman, Trent Yeatman, Dale Parra, and Keith McGee.
Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Bray, Dr. Brett Brown, Ike Savelle, Tommy Southerland, Windford Swedenburg, and Billy West.

Memorials may be made to Palmer Home For Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS, 39703.