Marshal Hugh (Mark) Yates, Sr.

(July 31, 1962 – February 13, 2024)

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Marshall Hugh (Mark) Yates, Sr., 61 of Collins, who passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at the Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS.

Reverend Ken Walters and Reverend Wayne Hebert will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the McDonald Chapel Cemetery in Collins.  Special music will be provided by Mr. Jeremy Johnson.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3202 Hwy 49, Collins, Mississippi.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Reece Hebert, Jacky Miller, Ronnie Brown, Reggie Jones, Daniel Hillman, Blake Pearce, and Glen Paul Davis.

Mark was born on July 31, 1962 in Collins, Mississippi to Ruby Joyce Walker Yates and the late, Elder Woodrow Hugh (Woody)Yates.  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and son.  Mark retired after many years of driving trucks and working in the poultry industry.  He loved most anything outdoors.   Mark enjoyed traveling in the mountains on his Harley Davidson motorcycle and riding cross country with his biker friends.  After being disabled from work, and unable physically to ride his bike anymore to COPD and degeneration in his spine, he spent many daytime hours outside, and many night time hours talking on his CB radio to people all over the U.S. and even other countries.  Mark enjoyed tinkering on computers and CB radios, and the many visits from his friends and family.  He was a member of the Center Ridge Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Elder Woodard Hugh (Woody)Yates.

Survivors include his wife of nine years, Dorothy Stacey Jones Yates of Collins; his mother and step father, Ruby Walker Yates Walters and Reverend Ken Walters; two sons, Marshall Hugh Yates, Jr. (Kathryn) of Petal, and Cody Dewayne Yates (Leta) of Mount Olive; two step sons, Joseph Gillian and Levi Gillian, both of Laurel; one brother, Frankie L. Yates (Claire) of Raceland, LA; one sister, Merry Katherine Hebert (Wayne) of Collins; five grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com