Marylene Hinds

Yawn

Obituary

Marylene Hinds Yawn, 85, of Ocilla died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 29, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with a private burial to be held at a later date. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 29, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Ms. Yawn was born on January 27, 1923 in Kentucky and was the daughter of Dorsey W. Hinds and Florence Davidson Hinds, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, W. L. O'Steen and one son, William Randolph O'Steen. She was a retired nurse.

Ms. Yawn is survived by one son, James D. O'Steen of Boston; one daughter, Carol Johnson of Tifton; one brother, Phil Hinds of Abilene, Texas; one sister, Betty Hinds of Lakeland, Florida; five grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.