Extracted from The Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA)
Sunday, February 6, 1949

YATES -- At his home, 1521 Josephine Street, Berkeley, February 3, 1949; Adrian H. Yates, beloved husband of Hazel E. Yates; loving father of Michael Edwin Yates, son of Mrs. Mattie and the late Hardy V. Yates; brother of Mrs. Bernice Morris of Oakland, Mrs. Evelyn Yarbrough of Santa Barbara, Clifford and Ralph Yates of Alaska, Hardy V. Yates Jr. of Seattle, Wash.; Eugene Yates of Berkeley and the late Paul Yates; a member of Oakland Lodge No. 324, L.O.O.M.; a native of Texas, aged 45 years.