Obituary of Rena Osborne Yarbrough

Funeral services for Rena Osborne Yarbrough, age 101, of Roanoke will be held on Sunday, July 19, 2020, at 4:00 PM at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jeff Burns officiating.  Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00-4:00 PM on Sunday, July 19 before services begin.

Mrs. Yarbrough passed away Thursday, July 16, 2020, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika.

Survivors include: one son, Tim McDaniel (Mary) of Roanoke; daughter-in-law, Carolyn McDaniel of Roanoke; three grandchildren, Tommy Hicks (Shannon) of Roanoke, Max McDaniel (Beth) of Montgomery, and Matt McDaniel of Roanoke; and one great-grandchild, Anna Catherine McDaniel.

Pallbearers will be Rick Webb, Fred Hill, Harold Cotter, Harvey McDow, Randy Gann, and Ken Morrison.

A Chambers County native, Mrs. Yarbrough was born on February 12, 1919, the daughter of James W. and Rena Hildebrand Osborne.  She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she was not only a charter member but also their oldest living member, and she worked at Belk’s in Roanoke from the time it opened until the day it closed.  Mrs. Yarbrough wrote a community interest column for The Randolph Leader for several years and was an avid collector and loved a good yard sale, as evidenced by her home.  She was a wonderful cook and her grandsons, Tommy and Max, loved nothing more than to tell the other one that Nannie made them roast with rice and gravy. 

Mrs. Yarbrough was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Weymon Durell McDaniel; her second husband, Hugh Price Yarbrough; and a son, Mike McDaniel.

Memorials may be floral or donations may be made to Trinity Baptist Church.