Orphia C "Beth" Yates, 93, of Jensen Beach; has gone HOME to meet her "Charlie Boy".  She had her children and grandchildren by her side in her home.

Beth was a resident of Jensen Beach for 55 years.  She was a loving mother and grandmother; family was everything to her.  As a retired bookkeeper she enjoyed reading, sewing, loved to cook and most of all bake cakes.  Beth was a member of Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church.

She is survived by six of their eight children:  Betty & (Fred) Walton, their three children plus spouses, six great grand-children and two great-great grandchildren; (Jimmie Ann) Yates, one child and one grandchild; Donna & (Richard) Newman, their four children plus spouses and four great grandchildren; Dianna & (Earl) Knight, their two children and three great-grandchildren; Luther Yates, two children; Amy & (Travis) Kirkland; Merribeth & (Jim) Manning, one child.

Beth was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Charles Yates, two sons Charles "Buddy", Anthony "Tony",  daughter-in-law Sandy and grand-daughter Christie Lynn.

A private family service will be held at Forest Hills Cemetery at time of interment.