Donald Yerington (1931-2007)

YERINGTON, COURTNEY, WITMER, SHEETS, HUGHES, REID, WALTERS, WAGNER

Posted By: Beverly Witmer (email)
Date: 2/11/2013 at 16:49:23

Donald Ray Yerington

The Reverend Donald Ray Yerington, 75, went home to be with the Lord at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2007, at his home in Wever, Iowa.

Rev. Yerington was born August 30,1931, in Rochester, Iowa, to Archie Ray and Zella Rhea Yerington. Mr. Yerington grew up on an Iowa farm and left home to follow the call of God to be a minister.
Mr. Yerington graduated from Immanuel College of the Bible with a THB in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1956. He served churches in Wheeling and East Liverpool, Ohio. Later, he served as a missionary in Brazil for eight years.
Pastor Yerington filled numerous pulpits over the years until his health failed completely. He pastored the Stockton Baptist Church in Stockton, Iowa, for nine years. Under his ministry, the church recovered from a dismal attendance of 15 and grew to an average attendance of around 60. Because of his failing health, they moved to Memphis, Mo., and again, he was called upon to preach in area churches. He preached a number of months at the Gorn Baptist Church.
In 1995, he married Lasca Courtney Yerington. They bought a small farm near Memphis, Mo., and raised cattle. In 1999, they moved back to Iowa where they resided until his death.
Rev. Yerington and his wife are members of Heritage Baptist Church in Keosauqua, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Mildred Edith Witmer, and four brothers, Howard Archie Yerington, Harry Edwin Yerington, Charles Chester Yerington and Vernon Yerington.
He is survived by one sister, Janet Louise Sheets of Tipton.

He was married to Yvonne Linn with whom he had two sons, Jeffrey Alien Yerington of Bloomington, III., and Gregory Scott (Becky) Yerington of Bettendorf, Iowa; and two daughters, Lynnette Joy (Gary) Hughes of Woodstock, Ga., and Barbara June (David) Reid of New Bloomfield, Mo. He also has four stepchildren, Kathleen (Dennis) Walters, Orion, III., William Courtney of Muscatine, Dr. David (Sandy) Courtney of Fort Madison and Dr. Rich (Debbie) Courtney of Danville, Iowa. He has 10 grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren and other nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Farmington with Pastor Larry Wagner officiating. Burial will be in the Greenglade Cemetery in Farmington.

Memorials may be made to Heritage Baptist Church or Hospice of Central Iowa.