Bonnie Hale Yates, age 96, passed away at her home in Clintwood, Virginia on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. She was a lifelong resident of Dickenson County, and attended the Valley View Freewill Baptist Church. She was the widow of Luther Yates and the daughter of the late Fate and Maggie Stanley Hale. She was also preceded in death by her brothers Kermit, Lester, Garland, and Leon; sisters Opal Adkins, Pearl Blevins, and Tessie Winebarger. Surviving are one son, Dale Yates and wife Joy, Cleveland, TN; two daughters, Marlene Mullins (Claude), Clintwood, and Rita Stanley, Clintwood; two brothers, Jack Hale Fairfax, VA and Arvil Hale and wife Hassie of Clintwood; one sister Charlene Halloway of Myrtle Beach, SC; grandchildren Mitchell Mullins and wife Debbie, Kevin Mullins and wife Sandy, Debbie Holmes and husband Marty, Jeannie Large and husband Ronnie; great-grandchildren Grant Mullins and wife Jennifer, Derek Holmes, Chad Holmes and wife Ginny, Lauren Mullins, Terra Large, Annabel Large, Emily and Amy Mullins. Funeral Services for Bonnie H. Yates will be conducted at 7:00 PM Thursday, July 9, 2009 from the Clintwood Funeral Home Chapel with ministers Joe Glenn Sluss and Lynn Vanover officiating. The family will receive friends after 6:00 PM on Thursday. Graveside services will follow on Friday, July 10, 2009 at the John Yates Cemetery on Caney Ridge at 11:00 AM. Those wishing to go in procession to the cemetery should be at the funeral home Friday morning no later than 10:30 AM. Pallbearers will be Mitchell Mullins, Kevin Mullins, Marty Holmes, Ronnie Large, Grant Mullins, Derek Holmes, Chad Holmes, and Jeff Yates.