1913 – 2012
Annie Lee Yonker, age 98, of Pensacola, Florida, wife of Roger R. Yonker, Sr. for 79 years died on June 21, 2012 in Daphne, Alabama.
Mrs. Yonker became an active member of the First Baptist Church of Pensacola in 1931, having served as a Sunday School teacher of first graders and was honored to be a member of the Heritage Club. She was also a member of the Reflections Sunday School Class and the Lynda Leach WMU Class. To her family, she was a loving, caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
Preceding Mrs. Yonker in death were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gates; sisters, Mildred Garrison, Johnnie Lou Barton, Pauline Walters, Rosa Mae Saunders, Martha Ruth Lowell and her brother, Buddy Gates.
In addition to her husband, Roger R. Yonker, Sr., she is survived by her children, Faye Yonker Davis and her husband, John, of Anderson, SC; Roger (Bob) Yonker, Jr. and his wife, Evie, of Wetumpka, AL; and Barbara Ann Yonker Swanger and her husband, Gordon, of Daphne, AL; her grandchildren, John Davis of Pensacola Beach, FL; Tim Davis of Newport News, VA; Shea Wilson and Dana Fitzpatrick of Montgomery, AL; step-grandsons, David Swanger of Mobile, AL and Kevin Swanger of Richmond, VA; great grandchildren, Tyler Davis, Brett Davis, Andrew Davis, Winston Davis, Chandler Davis, Will Franklin, Virginia Wilson and Frances Fitzpatrick. Also surviving are sisters, Helena Gauthreau and Joyce Goldenburg.
A memorial service will be held in the Pleitz Chapel at the First Baptist Church on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. The family will receive friends following the service. A private family burial service was held prior to the memorial service at Bayview Memorial Park, Scenic Highway, Pensacola, FL.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Clyde Bizzell Library, First Baptist Church, 500 N. Palafox Street, Pensacola, FL 32501 or Odyssey Hospice, 9805 Millwood Circle, Suite D, Daphne, AL 36526.
BAYVIEW FISHER-POU CHAPEL, 3351 Scenic Highway is entrusted with arrangements.
Condolences may be offered at www.bayviewfisher-pouchapel.com.
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