ROCKY MOUNT –– Suzanne Mauk Yates, age 71, died April 24, 2013. Formerly of El Campo and Portland, Texas, she was born on December 15, 1941 in Houston, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Edward Mauk and Mary Sue Mauk, step-mother Mary Louise Mauk and special friend Patrick Leary.

She is survived by two daughters, Christine Marsh McKeel and husband, Wally of Ahoskie; and Caroline Stussie and husband Brandon of Rocky Mount; two grandsons; step-daughter Tracey Yates Talbert and husband, David of Glen Allen, VA; two step-granddaughters; brother, Ronald Edward Mauk and wife, Pamela of Montgomery, TX.

At the request of her daughters, memorials may be made in her honor to Boys and Girls Club of El Campo, PO Box 449, El Campo, TX 77437 or online http://www.bgcelcampo.org/donate.php.

Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.