Leonard Yankee

Mr. Leonard Yankee, 62, of Blytheville, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at St Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. Born in Blytheville to L.D. and Alice Lucille Wadkins Yankee, he was a lifelong Blytheville resident, a supervisor at Schueck Steel and of the Baptist faith.

Mr. Yankee loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He was preceded in death by his father; his wife, Edna Vernon Yankee; a daughter, Deborah Kincaid; and two sons, Mitchell Dillard and Joey Hitchcock.

He leaves his children, Diane and John Berryhill of Plantersville, Miss., and Jeanette and Chuck Patrick of Steele;

His mother, Lucille Yankee of Blytheville;

Three brothers, Johnny Yankee and his wife Ann and James Yankee and Jimmy Yankee, all of Blytheville; and

Fifteen grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mitchell King Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Cobb Funeral Home. Condolences may be e-mailed to cobbfuneralhome@sbcglobal.net