Elizabeth Mae Chapman Yeatts

May 5, 2018

Elizabeth Mae Chapman Yeatts, 85, of New Kent County, departed this life May 5, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Yeatts, LCDR, USN (Ret) and granddaughter, Anna Katherine Yeatts. She was the daughter of Edwin Thomas and Julia Fisher Chapman of New Kent. Mrs. Yeatts is survived by three children, Dale Yeatts, Michael Yeatts and his wife Jennifer, Mary Epperly and her husband Michael; a “devoted” brother, Thomas Chapman; and six grandchildren, Paul and Peter Yeatts, Jacob and Emily Yeatts, and Christopher and Ryan Harris. Mrs. Yeatts was born in New Kent Co. but was raised and educated in Newport News. She had a 20 year career in civil service which included the Army and Navy before finally retiring from the US Coast Guard Center in Yorktown. During her career she also served on the executive board of various Navy Officers Wives Clubs. She was a Charter member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Norfolk and a member of Providence United Methodist Church in Quinton, where she was also a secretary and trustee of the Providence Memorial Association. Mrs. Yeatts was a member of Montross Chapter #120 Order of the Easter Star, Henrico, VA. She was a past president of the Martha Dandridge Woman’s Club in New Kent. Mrs. Yeatts served on the Historical Commission for New Kent County and was a life-time member of the New Kent Historical Society. She also helped with the Meals on Wheels program in New Kent, as well as serving as an officer at the polls of elections in Quinton. Mrs. Yeatts was an Auxiliary Member of the Military Officers Association of America. She was also a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Her favorite hobby was knitting scarfs for homeless children to be delivered at Christmas. A funeral service will be held 1 PM , Tuesday, May 8th at Providence United Methodist Church , 4001 New Kent Highway, Quinton, VA and interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service, at the church. Funeral services are being handled by Vincent Funeral Home, Providence Forge, VA. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Providence UMC Building Fund , P.O. Box 118, Quinton, VA 23141 or to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.