This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yeamans, Vasquez, Tavassoli, Culver, Gomez Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3546 Message Board Post: Neil Yeamans March 23, 1932 - Nov. 19, 2005 Neil Yeamans,73, a resident of Aransas Pass since 1955, passed away Saturday, November 19, at a local hospital. He was born March 23, 1932, in Gulf to Douglas and Bernice Yeamans. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Aransas Pass and served on its finance committee. He was a founding member and past president of the Aransas Shrimp Co-op. He was always active in the shrimp industry in Aransas Pass and helped to make the community known as “the Shrimp Capital of the World.” He is survived by: his loving wife of 50 years, Frances Yeamans of Aransas Pass; his two daughters, Alicia (Hector) Yeamans-Vasquez of Houston, and Eileen (Mohammad) Tavassoli of Avon, Indiana; his two brothers, Douglas (Shirley) Yeamans of Aransas Pass, and Asa (Verna) Yeamans of Rockport; his sister, Phyllis Culver of Matagorda; five grandchildren, Candice Gomez, Lela, Dimitri, Nicholas and Aleksei Tavassoli; and great-grandchildren, Madison and Brendon. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at Charlie Marshall Funeral Home Chapel in Aransas Pass, with the Rev. Judy Baskin officiating. Interment followed at Prairie View Cemetery. Bay City Tribune December 4, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas