Russell Howard Yeates, Jr., 81, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Dec. 29, 2021, at Northwest Medical in Bentonville. He was born Feb. 1, 1940, in Chicago Heights, Ill., to Russell Howard Yeates, Sr., and Leone Grace Moeller Yeates.
He was a 1958 graduate of Eureka Springs High School, then married Sharon Opal Shrader June 30, 1962. Both Russell and Sharon loved to ride horses and often rode together. Russell was a US Navy Veteran serving aboard the USS Kenneth D. Bailey and briefly aboard the USS Kiowa.
He retired from the United States Postal Service and loved spending time in the outdoors hunting and fishing. He always looked forward to getting together with his classmates which became a monthly tradition. Russell enjoyed Sunday dinner with his family and grandchildren, drinking coffee, and watching NASCAR and football.
He attended Bella Vista Church of the Nazarene and is preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Sharon Opal Yeates.
Survivors are his son Rusty Yeates III and wife, Villa, of Bentonville, Ark.; three granddaughters, Gabby Hamilton and husband, Steven, of Gravette, Ark., Aimee Yeates of Bentonville, Ark., Michaela Jimenez and husband, David of Rogers, Ark.; a great-granddaughter, Kaylee Hamilton and a sister, Helen Stroud of Culpeper, Va.
Service was Jan. 5, 2022, at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Pea Ridge. Burial will be in the VA National Cemetery in Fayetteville
Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net