Bettye Schwiersch Yates of Pleasant Hill, TN, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 in Crossville, TN with family by her side. She was born July 3, 1925, in Evansville, IN, the daughter of Mabel (DeFur) and Elmer Schwiersch. 

She was a 1947 graduate of Evansville College (now University of Evansville), where she met her husband, Reverend Jack Edward Yates. They were married June 22, 1947. He passed away March 23, 2016. 

She is survived by her daughters, Jane Yates Jerger (Lee) of Greenfield, IN, and Susan Yates of Oak Park, IL, grandsons John Jerger (Maggie) of West Orange, NJ, and Quinn Cowell of Chicago, IL, and great grandchildren Elizabeth Jerger and Joseph Jerger of West Orange, NJ.  

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her grandson David Jerger.

Service arrangements are pending.