Agnes Bernice Yates, 69, of Mechanicsville, MD, died on August 10, 2005 in the University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

Born on September 14, 1935 in Mechanicsville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Edna Lee Chase and John Francis Young. She was baptized and a lifelong member of St. Joseph’s Church in Morganza, MD. Bernice was educated in the St. Mary’s County Public School system. For more than 25 years, she worked at several jobs, including St. Mary’s Ryken High School preparing meals for the Xavierian Brothers. Her favorite past times were cooking, family gatherings, watching baseball, listening to music, playing bingo, going to casinos and traveling abroad with family and friends.

She is survived by five daughters, Diane of Maneo, NC, Catherine Bush and her husband Kirby of Loveville, MD, Sharon Veney of Virginia Beach, VA, Charlene of Hollywood, MD, Angela of Mechanicsville, MD, three sons, Thomas of Waldorf, MD, Joseph of Mechanicsville, MD, Michael and his wife Shirley of Mechanicsville, MD, ten grandchildren, Dionne, Thomas Jr., John Bush, Kisha Bush, Katina Jamison, Latrice (Moosie) Jackson, Umeka Yates, Cory Yates, Charlay Yates Shadana Yates, one step-grandchild, Robert, six great grandchildren, Telisha, Keith Jr., Taquan, Marissa, Ke’Sean, Sa’Tyna, two sister, Liz Somerville of Hollywood, MD, Edna Miles of Hollywood, MD and two brothers, Randolph Young of Ft. Washington, MD and Lawrence Young of Lexington Park, MD. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Frances Thomas and Rosalee Wigginton, a brother, Joseph Young and a granddaughter, Nakia Bush.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 13, 2005 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Morganza, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. The Reverend Keith Woods will be the celebrant. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Serving as pallbearers will be Thomas Barnes, William Holly, Jr., Edward Holt, Dominic Holt, Jr., Douglas Scriber, Joseph S. Somerville III, Darnell Young and Greg Young. Honorary pallbearers will be, Martha Brooks, Ernel Butler, Evaugh Lennon and Marion Nelson.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. in Leonardtown, MD.