Jane Cruce Yates
March 8, 1939 - November 6, 2009

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Jane Cruce Yates, born March 8, 1939, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, November 6, 2009, after fighting a courageous battle against cancer in Nashville, TN.

Jane's beauty and infectious personality enriched the lives of everyone she knew, including countless hundreds of children she taught. Jane was retired from operating preschools in Tallahassee, Florida and she was Primitive Baptist. She was the daughter of the late Reuel Cruce, Sr. and Nancy Phillips Cruce and was preceded in death by a brother, Pete Cruce.

Survivors include her husband, Jim Yates of Hot Springs, AR; her children, Yancy and Carey Yates of Lewisburg, TN and Rebecca Yates of Cornersville, TN; one brother, R. E. Cruce, Jr. and wife, Alverne, of Monticello; three sisters, Sarah Marcussen and husband, Wayne, and Thelma Lovett, all of Benton, and Carolyn Cruce of Tallahassee, FL; one granddaughter, Annie, of Cornersville, TN.