June 04, 1930 - November 24, 2021
Mattie Laverne Rowell Yarbrough went home to be with Lord on November 24, 2021.
Mattie was born on June 4, 1930 in Silverton, Texas to Thomas E. and Mattie F. Rowell. She was the youngest of thirteen children. When Mattie was ten years old the Rowell family moved to California. It was in California that Mattie met the love of her life, Milton T. Yarbrough, Sr. Milton and Mattie were married in September, 1948. They settled in Stockton and raised their four children.
Mattie held many jobs over the years but always considered her life’s work to be a wife and mother as well as a caregiver to many other children of friends and family.
Mattie is survived by her husband of seventy-three years, Milton T. Yarbrough, her daughters Greta Roley (Gary), Lou Ann Ransom (Tom), and Janet Yarbrough. Mattie was preceded in death by her son Milton T. Yarbrough Jr. (Tom). Mattie leaves six grandchildren, Gary Roley II, Jennifer Gentry, (Dave), Jill Martinez (Frankie), Tom Ransom Jr., Robert Yarbrough and Chloe Yarbrough. Mattie was also blessed with ten great-grandchildren, Jessica and Alyssa Roley, Ana, Samantha, Lorena, Nicole, and Anabella Martinez and Mason, Autumn and Bailey Ransom.
Mattie’s greatest joy was her family. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mattie was dearly loved by many and will be greatly missed by family, neighbors and others whose lives she touched.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 a.m., December 14, 2021 in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Cemetery in Lodi. Internment will immediately follow the services.
SERVICE
A funeral service will begin at 11:00am on Tuesday December 14, 2021 at the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA. The graveside service will follow at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.
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