Location: H-Garrett

Born: February 4, 1888

Died: February  10, 1920 Erath, McLennan County, Texas

Son of Jonathan William Yankie and Mary Jane Erwin Yankie

Parents:
Jonathan William Yankie (1850 – 1915)

Spouse:
Zola Whitfield Yankie (1893 – 1979)

Children:
Willie Mike Yankie (1910 – 1956)
Leo A. Yankie (1912 – 2010)
Hugh Alvin Yankie (1915 – 1992)

WACO DAILY TIMES-HERALD
February 10, 1920

G. L. YANKIE DIED TUESDAY AT ERATH
G. L. Yankie, aged 32, prominent young resident of the northwestern part of the county, died Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock, at his home in Erath.
Death followed an attack of influenza, complicated with pneumonia. The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, from the Baptist church at China Spring, with interment in the China Spring cemetery, to which place the body will be taken in the motor hearse of Undertaker F. M. Compton. Mr. Yankie was among the very highly esteemed young men of the Erath community, beloved and respected by a wide circle of friends and acquaintenances. He is survived by his wife, three sons, a brother, Bill Yankie, who lives at Holly Bluff, Miss., and a sister, Mrs. Wgitehed (?), who lives in New Mexico.