Yvonne Roughton Rustin

Mrs. Yvonne Roughton Rustin, age 85, of Decatur, formerly of Sandersville, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August the 18th at 2:00pm at the Sandersville United Methodist Church with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Rev. Joe Buck IV will officiate.

Mrs. Rustin was born in Topeka KS, the daughter of the late William Harvey Roughton and the late Easter Belle Mosser Roughton. She was a lifelong educator beginning her career as teacher and principal of a rural four room school house after graduating from Asbury College. Mrs. Rustin retired from the Dekalb County School System and she was a former teacher at Sandersville Elementary School. Yvonne, along with her husband Willard, retired to Sandersville where they were both members of the Sandersville United Methodist Church. Together they operated Rustin’s Christmas tree farm and Yvonne tutored school children. Mrs. Rustin is predeceased by her husband Willard R. Rustin.

Survivors are: daughters, Katherine Edwards of Tucker, and Joyce E. (Tommy) Freeman of Gordon; step-children, Pat Rustin of Decatur, Roy Rustin of Boca Raton FL, and Linda Kilbourne of Houston TX; grandchildren, Wesley (Ashley) Freeman, Melissa F. (Mark) Probst and Jonathan (Neely Williams) Freeman; step-grandchildren, Todd (Carol) Pike, Kyle Lockhart, Andrew McCullough, and Stacie Rustin and great-grandchildren, Adam Lockhart, Jonah Probst, and Annabell Probst.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 11:00am to 12 noon at the May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville.

Donations may be made to the Sandersville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 611, Sandersville, GA 31082 or to Feed the Children, P.O. Box 35, Oklahoma City, OK 73101.

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.