The family will receive friends from 5:00pm until 7:00pm on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. The funeral service follows afterwards that evening at 7:00pm in the funeral home chapel. A committal service will take place at 11:00am on Monday, December 20, 2021 at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton.
Yale was born on September 22, 1943 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late Yale M. Canfield and Margaret Brooks Canfield. He proudly served our country in the United States Airforce. Yale was a graduate of Mississippi College and Abilene Christian University. An avid trout fisherman, he always kept active. He never shunned a sport and supportively coached his daughters as they grew up. Yale enjoyed running, cycling and was an all-around gifted athlete. Some say the only thing he couldn't play was music - he was tone deaf to his own singing, but knew beautiful music when he heard it. The most important thing to Yale was Faith. He was a respected and beloved educator and school administrator for 3 decades and continued to lead many to Christ as a preacher and a true disciple of Christ.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Arch Brooks Canfield.
Yale is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Betsy Canfield; daughters, Kimberly Maddox (Jay), Mary Margaret Canfield, Rebecca Young, and Laura Nail (Jason); son, Brian Schara (Janet); as well as 10 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
The Canfield family welcomes the sending of flowers and also requests donations in Yale's honor be made to the MIND center of the University of Mississippi Medical Center at www.umc.edu/mindcenter or by mail to 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39216. You may also contact the MIND center by phone (601) 815-4299 or by email [email protected]
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.baldwinleepearl.com for the Canfield family.
