Shirley Ann Yates

Shirley Ann (Bradford) Yates, 73, of Delmar, died Tuesday, December 9, 2008, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Berlin on March 14, 1935, the daughter of the late C. Ralph Bradford and Doris (Palmer) Bradford. Shirley lived a Christian life and attended Lone Branch Baptist Church in Jonesville, VA along with various other churches in her lifetime. She raised her family as the “railroad widow” of the late Henry Yates. She loved to travel and had a home in Lakeland, Florida and Jonesville, VA where she enjoyed spending time with many friends and family members. Music was her passion. She played the piano, was a wonderful singer and dancer and loved to two-step and clog. Most importantly, she will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She is survived by a son and his wife, Jerry Edward and Sally (Messick) Yates of Delmar, Delaware; a daughter and her husband, Yvonne Adele (Yates) and Kenneth Alan Hastings of Reeds Spring, Missouri; 5 grandchildren, Joel Henry Yates, Heather Hastings Tiff and her husband Mike, Tradd Alan Hastings, Emily Jayne Hastings and Molly Elizabeth Hastings; 2 great grandchildren, Bryce Gavin Tiff and Austyn Jayde Tiff; two brothers, Charles R. Bradford and his wife, Joyce of Lakeland, Florida and Wilbur W. Bradford and his wife Susan of Pittsville, Maryland; a sister-in-law, Penny Bradford of Salisbury, Maryland; and a faithful friend, Ron Sheffield of Delmar, Maryland. She is also survived by an uncle, aunts and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Marion Yates who passed in 1999, a grandson, Marco Nicholas Hastings, two brothers, Milton P. Bradford and James C. “Jimmy” Bradford and a sister-in-law, Bette Bradford Hearn. A graveside service will be held on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. at Bowen Methodist Church Cemetery in Newark, Maryland. The Reverend J. Harvey Dixon will officiate. Arrangements are in the care of Short Funeral Home in Delmar. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.shortfh.com.

Shirley Ann Yates

March 14, 1935 - December 9, 2008