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A funeral service for Mrs. Martha Annette Yates Jackson, 85 of Oxford, will be on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at 12:00 pm in the Toby Miller Chapel at Miller Funeral Home. A burial will follow the service at Dogwood Trail Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on the same day from 11:00 am until the time of the service. Mrs. Yates Jackson passed away on December 26, 2025. She is survived by her children, Eddie Wayne Yates, Kimberly Yates Coleman (Rodney), Keith Scott Yates (Kristi); grandchildren, Anna Yates, Brooke Hazel (Hunter), Dylan Yates (Sommer), Savannah Yates (Manney); great grandchildren, Javon Vinson, Kamille Shields, Tripp Yates, Charlie Yates, Zayleigh Harris; brothers, Harold Reeder, Junior Reeder, Russell Reeder; brother in law, LV Yates, and a host of extended family members and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Lee Yates; parents, Perry Ellison Reeder and Emma Lee Reeder; sisters, Jeanelle White, Betty Acker, Jewell Williams. Pallbearers will be Javon Vinson, Rodney Coleman, Merrick Chandler, Larry Bassett, Hunter Harris, and John Morgan. Mrs. Yates Jackson was a 1958 graduate of Anniston High School where she was a majorette and played softball. During her life, she worked in the medical field, working with insurance and billing and later with cancer patients. She was also the office manager Dr. Trupp. Mrs. Yates Jackson was a member of Golden Springs Baptist Church. She loved the Lord and was always telling those around her about Christ’s love. She enjoyed cooking and baking, and those who visited her house, never left with an empty stomach. Her children and grandchildren were her whole life and she loved spending time with them. She did what she could to attend any game or event that her grandchildren and great grandchildren had. Mrs. Yates Jackson was a huge sports fan, never missing an Atlanta Braves game or any Alabama sporting event. She enjoyed playing dominos with her sisters and nieces, traveling to the beach, all things Christmas, and getting dressed up. Mrs. Yates Jackson was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend and will be deeply missed by those who love her. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Golden Springs Baptist Church in her name.

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Mrs. Martha Annette Yates Jackson

May 19, 1940 - December 26, 2025