ROBERT YATES, 83, of Ocala, Florida died January 10, 2012.  He was a native of Buchanan County, Virginia.  He was self-employed and was also a bus driver for the Buchanan County School System.  He and his wife, OlaGay, moved to Ocala in 1985.

Mr. Yates was a member of Maricamp Road Church of Christ in Ocala.  He was also a member of The American Legion and Woodmen Lodge #14.  Mr. Yates was extremely proud of his service to our country.  He was a veteran of WWII where He served overseas in the 1129^th Military Police Company in Luzon, Philippine Islands.  He worked in arsenal of organization issuing weapons and equipment to patrols and guards.  He was honorably discharged in 1947.

Robert is survived by his wife, OlaGay Yates; daughters Lesia Yates Moseley and Renia Thompson (husband) Jim Thompson of Ocala; two grandsons Brandon and Austin Moseley also of Ocala; sister Myrtle Coleman of Fincastle, VA; brother Rush J. Yates of Vansant, VA and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by five brothers: John, Sidney, Lee, Paul and Dewey and three sisters: Mary Looney, Julie Hagy, and Hettie Coleman.

Funeral Services for ROBERT YATES will be conducted Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Evgs. Mike Rife and Jerry Bliffen officiating with burial to follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, VA.

Friends may call at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Friday evening at 6:00 P.M. with services at 7:00 P.M.

Full Military Rites will be conducted at the cemetery by Members of Child’s Gentry Post No. 7360 of the VFW.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com

Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, Virginia is in charge of all arrangements.