Extracted from The Lafayette Journal & Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Saturday, January 26, 1991

Randolph Orville Yeager

MULBERRY -- Randolph Orville Yeager, 78, of Falls Church, VA, a former resident of Mulberry, died at 1:30 PM Friday, Jan. 25, 1991, in the Camelot Nursing Center, Arlington, VA, where he had been a patient since November. The son of James L. and Rose M. Mason Yeager, he was born Aug. 25, 1912, in Clayton, IN. He married Leveta G. Smith Wolf on Sept. 14, 1978, and she survives. She is a resident of Lafayette.

He graduated from Mulberry High School in 1930 and attended Wheatland College, DePauw University, Syracuse University, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a doctorate in history and economics. He later taught history and economics at the university.

Mr. Yeager's life's work involved the translation of the Greek Bible into English by writing a series of 18 books referred to as the ”Renaissance New Testament”. The project took 53 years. He finished the translation on July 4, 1984. He was active in producing a television show, ‘Bereans’, which was aired over Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland television stations. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa honorary, Mensa International, and the Columbia Baptist Church at Falls Church.

Also surviving are two sons, Gaylen A. Yeager of Independence, MO, and Air Force Ret. Col. Rodney A. Yeager of Kansas City, MO; two stepsons, Larry Byron Wolf of Rossville and Dean Kerry Wolf of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, Lyn, Bret and Meredith Yeager; one great-granddaughter, and one step-grandson.

Besides his parents, he was predeceased by a brother and three sisters.

Service Jan. 28, Bodine-Brown Funeral Home, Rossville, the Rev. Madelyn Bradish officiating; internment Rossville Cemetery.