Betty Sue Ford Yager, 85, of Collierville, Tennessee, passed away at Methodist University Hospital on May 28, 2025. She was born in Marshall County, Mississippi, on March 17, 1940, to Coy Ford and Lealer Smith Ford. Mrs Yager was an retired employee of the Carrier Corporation.
Mrs Yager is survived by her husband of sixty seven years, Edsel Yager, a son, Michael Yager (Beka) of Collierville, and a daughter, Cheryl Sanchez, also of Collierville. She also leaves five grandchildren, Josh Yager, Emilio Sanchez, Danielle Sanchez, Avery Yager, and Olivia Yager, a brother, Robert Ford of Mobile, Alabama, and a sister Jearline Walker, of Collierville. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Danny Yager, and a sister, Stella Walker.
Services for Mrs Yager will be held in the Chapel of the Holly Springs Funeral Home on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 2:00 pm. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 1:00 and last until service time. Burial will be at Rice Chapel Cemetery. |