Ronald (Ronnie) Franklin Yates
Ronald (Ronnie) Franklin Yates
November 30, 1951 — March 3, 2018
Ronald (Ronnie) Franklin Yates Sr. went to be with the Lord on March 3, 2018. He was born on
Nov. 30, 1951, in Brady, Texas, to Tommy Joe and Jane (Fowler) Yates.
He lived in Cherokee for most of his youth until high school when he attended Texas Military Institute in San Antonio. He attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he met the love of his life, Glena Wood. While at UT, he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in government in May 1973 and married Glena the next month on June 2 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, in the middle of a tornado.
He attended Southern Methodist University Law School and graduated with his doctorate of juris prudence in December 1975. He and Glena promptly relocated to Kingsland, Texas, to start work with Kingsland Abstract & Title. He went on to own and operate Central Texas Land Titles Inc. for the next 40-plus years, as well as practicing as a Board Certified Residential Real Estate as well as a Board Certified Ranch Real Estate Attorney with his firm Yates, Crow and Dudley. Ronnie served as President of Texas Land Title Association in 1996-1997. His last big venture was Spicewood Vineyards and Ron Yates Wines, where he was chief taste tester.
He was a loved grandson by Sammie Lee Fowler, W. Y. Fowler Jr. and Lillian McCroury Yates. He is preceded in death by his parents and his baby sister Linda and baby brother.
He is survived by his devoted wife Glena Wood Yates, his son Ronald Franklin Yates Jr. and wife Jessica Jordan Yates, daughter Kara Yates Dudley and husband James H. Dudley IV. Good Guy was dearly loved by his three granddaughters Tennyson Wren Yates, Louisa Yates Dudley, and Sammie Vivienne Yates. He will be fondly remembered by his Sister-in-law Linda Tiller, nephews Jason Dixon and Brad Dixon and niece Amanda Dixon Laufer, cousin William Young Fowler II, and numerous friends.
A private interment occured Thursday, March 8. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in Ronnie’s name to Cherokee Children’s Home at P.O. Box 295, Cherokee, TX 76832, or Spicewood Volunteer Fire Department-EMS, 9805 Hwy 71 E, P. O. Box 2, Spicewood, TX 78669-0002.
Funeral arrangements made under the direction of Waldrope-Hatfield-Hawthorne Funeral Homes, Inc., Llano, Texas. E-mail condolences may be sent to whhfuneral1@verizon.net.
