Address: 337 W Nelsons Ave, Aransas Pass, TX 78336
Name of Location: 1 st Christian church Pastor: David Dear Date/Time: 02/20/2023 @ 1PM
Wayne was born Nov 10, 1949, in Galveston, TX at 2:02 AM to Herbert Agnew Yates and Dorothy Eileen Waldron-Yates – Waldron.
He is preceded in death by his parents Herb and Eileen his brother David Yates and stepson Danny McLeroy. Wayne owned several air conditioning companies over the years but really found joy in being a boat captain and having his boat yard in Cove Harbor with the nickname "Wood Boat Wayne". He loved working with guns, boats and most of all cars & motorcycles. At last count it was 97 cars that he admitted to owning.
He is survived by his sister Rebecca Eileen James, Brother Jimmy Yates, Wife Polly Yates and her daughter Hailey, Ex-Wife Diane Yates and their adopted Son Zackery Dyllon Yates, Ex-Wife Frances E. Stockton their children Aaron Yates and his Wife Julia, Carl Yates, Shannon Kyle and her husband Randy. Grandchildren Abygail Urueta and her husband Armando, Andrew Yates, Ashley Yates and Nicolas Kyle. Great Grandchildren Avery and Mila Urueta.
They say a person dies twice: once in the physical form and again when the last person to remember them dies. SO, REMEMBER MY NAME LESLEY (WOOD BOAT) WAYNE YATES.
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