Larry Lamar Yates

Larry was born on April 7, 1950 to Margaret Ann Buchanan Yates and Warren Grice Yates. During his childhood, his father's work as a linguist took the family to Germany, Vietnam, and Thailand, and then to Fairfax County, Virginia.

After a year at the University of Michigan, he went into the anti-imperialist movement. In Richmond and Washington DC, he worked as a community organizer for the Virginia Housing Coalition, Richmond United Neighborhoods, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Witness to Innocence, and various other organizations.

He was married to Carol Stroebel, who worked for the Children's Environmental Health Coalition, and they lived in the mountains in Shenandoah County, and later moved to Winchester.

In 2013, Larry ran for the 29 ^th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates as an independent but was defeated. Carol was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and died two years later.

The first volume of Larry's latest book - Not Just Monuments: The War for Whiteness in Virginia 1680-2020 - is expected to be released in 2021. Larry died on December 30, 2020.

In addition to his wife, Larry outlived his parents. His living immediate relatives are his sister, Jenny Yates, and her wife, Marie Vivas of Rockville, Maryland, Jenny's son, Tristan and his family of Beverly HIlls, California, and his sister-in-law, Diane Stroebel, of Laguna Hills, California. He also leaves behind close friends in Winchester, Richmond, the DC area, Indianapolis, and across the nation and the world, as well a Movement for social justice that will continue.

Donations may be made in Larry's name to any social justice organization that disrupts oppressive systems.

A Memorial Service Will be Later.

Ministry of Comfort Entrusted to

Cartwright Funeral Home

Winchester, VA

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