In Memory of

HELEN

LEONA

USSERY

YARBROUGH

Obituary for HELEN LEONA USSERY YARBROUGH

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Patrick Six, Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Helen Yarbrough was born on December 11, 1943 in Stamford, Texas to Jack and Leva George Ussery. She married James Ervin Yarbrough in Canyon on October 7, 1958 and they have lived in Canyon since 1975. She worked at Cowboy Café for over 20 years and also worked at Griffin Truck Stop. She was always there for others in their time of need and her family and friends will remember her for her caring and loving nature. She was preceded in death by her father, and a sister, Charlene Daisy Edwards. The family wishes to thank the staff and caregivers at Hospice of the Southwest for their care. Survivors include her husband, James Yarbrough, of Canyon; her mother, Leva Ussery, of Ralls; two daughters, Valerie Poort and husband, Arthur, of Sedalia, Missouri, and Myra Borchers, of Canyon; three sisters, Lois Hurni and husband, Wayne, of Hawley, TX, Betty McCutchen, of Ralls, TX, and Jowanna Martin and husband, Wes, of Littlefield; a brother, Charles David Ussery, of Oklahoma City, OK; brother-in-law, Charlie Edwards, of Paris, TX; six grandchildren, Jeremy Poort, Marcus Borchers, and Elizabeth Garrigus, all of Missouri, and David Borchers, Russell Borchers, and Andrew Borchers, all of Canyon; and five great grandchildren, Braxton Poort, Ruby Poort, and Conner Garrigus, all of Missouri, and Jonathon Borchers and Auston Borchers, of Canyon. The family suggests memorials be to the American Lung Association, 8150 Brookriver Dr. Suite 102, Dallas, TX 75247.