Clark County to begin final goodbyes to deputy Matthew Yates

SPRINGFIELD — Family, friends, and the community will start to say their final goodbyes Sunday to Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Yates.

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Yates was shot and killed Sunday while responding to reports of gunfire at a mobile home park near South Charleston.

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His visitation begins Sunday afternoon at the First Christian Church on Middle Urbana Road in Springfield and goes from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Yates’ funeral is scheduled for noon Monday at the same church and will be buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield.

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The procession route after the funeral from the church will go west on State Route 334 and then south on US-68, then to State Route 41 and into Ferncliff Cemetery.

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For people planning to be that area, there will be traffic delays, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

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