Virginia Spellman Mcgrath Yates

Highlands, NC - Virginia Spellman McGrath Yates, age 85, of Highlands, NC, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Francis and Annie Kelly Spellman. She was married first to Edward Vincent McGrath, who died in 1955 and second to William Robert Yates, who died in 1987. She was a salesclerk for K Mart, and a Catholic by faith.

She is survived by her children, Richard McGrath of Plantation, FL, Thomas McGrath and his wife Colleen of Palm Springs, CA, Mary McGrath Connor Briggs of Cashiers, NC, Tina Ricks and her husband Ken of Moultrie, GA, Barbara Stinson of Miami, FL, Frank Yates of Tampa, FL, Greg Yates and his wife Felicia of Keller, TX and Paul Yates and his wife Christina of Fountain Inn, SC; sixteen grandchildren, and twenty great grandchildren. She was loved by a sister Kay Clougher, and two brothers, Francis Spellman and his wife Mary and Paul Spellman and his wife Bernadette, all were from Boston, Massachusetts.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in Redington Beach, FL.

Bryant Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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