Beverly Poe Yonts Obituary (1955 - 2018)

Beverly Poe-Yonts, 62, passed away May 10th, 2018 at California Villa Retirement in Van Nuys, CA. Her funeral service will be held Tuesday May 29th, 2018 at Barnett- Strother Funeral Home in Madisonville, KY at 2:00pm. Visitation will occur before from 12:00pm-2:00pm. Graveside will follow the funeral service at Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville, KY. Beverly was born on August 10th, 1955 in Frankfort, KY to Raymond and Alice Jean Poe. She graduated from The University of Kentucky with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Home Economics with high distinction in 1977 and a Masters of Science Degree in Education with high distinction in 1981. Beverly went on to teach home economics to junior high and high schoolers for several years. She married David Yonts on August 3rd, 1985. They had one daughter Angela Yonts who was born in 1990. Her husband David Yonts, mother Alice Jean Poe, grandmother Lizzie Lee Florian, and father Raymond Poe preceded her in death. She is survived by her daughter Angela Yonts. Aunt (Mary Stratton), uncle (Clyde Stratton), cousins (Carol Landers Luxemburg, Debbie Rutledge, and Scott Stratton), nieces (Claire, Faith, and Tiffany Yonts), and nephews (Zachary, Thomas Patrick, James, Matthew, Joshua, Jordan, and Noah Yonts) along with other family members including brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Beverly has been paid the compliments of being "a true character" and "a one of a kind person who could never be forgotten" by the people who knew her best. She was an animated storyteller at heart who couldn't help but talk about the people, animals, and experiences in her life that mattered most. Beverly enjoyed volunteering for children and helped out at her daughter's school library for many years. She loved hard and wouldn't let the people in her life forget it. She sacrificed so much to make sure her family members were taken of. Beverly was always highly involved in her daughter's life and showed her undying support even moving out to California with her the last five years of her life so that Angela could follow her dreams of becoming an artist and performer. She will be greatly missed.