Location: H-Garrett

Born: October 13, 1910 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Died: June 24, 1956 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Grover Leo Yankie (1888 – 1920)
Zola Whitfield Yankie (1893 – 1979)

Children:
Bennie Mack Yankie (1934 – 1993)
Warren Alvin Yankie (1936 – 1976)

Funeral services for Willie Mike Yankie of China Spring will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wilkirson and Hatch Chapel, burial in China Spring Cemetery.

Mr. Yankie, 45, died at 10:05 p.m. Sunday in a local hospital following a heart attack at his home.

He was born in McLennan County and had lived here most of his life.  He had been a hotel clerk in Waco.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Zola Yankie of China Spring; two sons, Bennie Mac Yankie of Corsicana and Warren Alvin Yankie of Corpus Christi; two brothers, H. A. Yankie of China Spring and Leo A. Yankie of Lorena.