Kenneth Eugene Yates

Kenneth Eugene Yates took his last breath looking for calm seas, full sails and found his safe harbor to rest easy. Your watch is over, Chief. He passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at Christus Schumpert Hospice.

Kenneth was in the Coast Guard as a machinery technician Chief Petty Officer. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing on Kentucky and Virginia lakes and streams and eventually ending up on Toledo Bend, where he made his home. After retirement he began training dogs for hunt test and judging in the AKC hunting test.

Kenneth is preceded in death by his parents, William and Flora Mae Yates; sister, Beverly Beickert; and daughter, Susan “Susie” Yates Fell.

He survived by his wife, Margie Yates; brother, Gary Yates (Barbara); children, Kevin Yates, Lynn Wilbar (Steve), Rebecca Crump (Mitch), and son-in-law, Rusty Fell; 8 grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and his special pets, Sailor, Faith, and Baby.

Services and care were provided to the family by Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Many, Louisiana.