Charles Yarborough

Charles Fredrick Yarbrough, age 74, a resident of the Fly Community in Santa Fe, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Maury Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 20, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Pastor J.J. King officiating. Burial will follow in Maury Memorial Gardens. A visitation will also be held on Sunday from 12:00 – 2:00 PM at the funeral home. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with local arrangements.

Charles was born on March 20, 1947, to Willie Austin and Edna Mae Cling Yarbrough weighing in at 14 pounds.  Charles and three of his brothers spent several years at Bethesda Home for Boys in Savannah where he found his love for animals.  Charles and his brothers would later go to work for B. F. Diamond in Savannah working on tugboats.  Charles was the cook, and he held this position until he retired.

Charles is predeceased by his parents, his wife, Barbara, his sisters, Cassie Haymans and Peggy Wilder, and his brother William (Red), Jottie, Wallace, and Harry Yarbrough and his brother Rickey O’Neil.

Charles is survived by his sister, Jeanette Haymans of Richmond Hill, GA; his brother, Eddie Yarbrough (Debi) of Forsyth, GA; adopted son, Jason Littleton; stepson Harold Jackson, stepdaughter Suzanne Yates; and grandchildren, Teryn (Heather) Jackson and Angela Jackson.