Funeral services for Dr. Trebor Curtis Yocum of Winnsboro will be held at 3PM Thursday, May 19, 2022, at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro (where he grew up attending church) with Brother Paul Perry and Rev. Craig Beeman officiating. Dr. Yocum will be buried in Coax Cemetery under the direction of Dennard First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from 5-9 PM at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro. He was born to Jo Ann Boutwell and Robert Yocum on August 10, 1980, in Natchez, Mississippi. He expired on Friday the 13th of May, 2022, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Trebor was always competitive, starting in his younger years with piano, 4-H, Teen Court and Junior and Senior Beta Club; thereafter, he challenged himself further with lead roles in theater productions for several years with the Franklin Parish Youth Theater. Even as a high school student, Trebor always travelled the unbeaten path and blazed a trail, eventually spending half of his Senior year in Russia as an exchange student. This would be the first of many adventures overseas. Trebor is a graduate of Crowville High School ('98), after which he spent a summer in Washington DC working for Youth For Exchange, to help with student exchange programs nationwide. He graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Business Management, and a Master of Business Administration. Upon graduating from Embry-Riddle, Trebor was the Assistand Director of Admissions for his alma mater, recruiting throughout the east coast, and he later worked at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) as a Housing and Resident Life Intern. However, he longed for more adventure. Having traveled all of the states in the U.S., he had already begun to conquer the globe during college. Whether it was bringing boomerangs home from his travels in Australia and New Zealand, petting tigers during his travels throughout the entirety of Southeast Asia, or celebrating the new millennium in London, as others hunkered down in fear of Y2K, Trebor always remembered the plethora of family and friends here in his hometown by bringing back keepsakes to share the excitement of his travels. It was these journeys that led him to teach English in South Korea for several years, until he had an opportunity to work within the aviation field in the states. At this time, he lived in Seattle, Washington and worked at Labinal Aero & Defense Systems where he had the opportunity to contribute to the Boeing 787, which went along with his love of aviation. In Seattle, he was an avid member of Crossfit and discovered a love for running half-marathons, which he did throughout Seattle, as well as the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans, where his mother and sister held up signs and cheered him along. In 2012, he decided that it was time to return to Winnsboro - the town he adored above all of the places he visited throughout the world. Since his return, he worked in the medical and insurance sales industries before obtaining an executive role with Northeast Louisiana Ambulance. Most recently, it was with great pride that he obtained his PhD in Public Policy and Administration with a dissertation on bioterrorism preparedness, thus becoming Dr. Trebor Curtis Yocum. Trebor attended Coax Baptist Church, where he delighted in hymns and sermons that often elicited an enthusiastic "AMEN!" from him. "My cup runneth over" Psalms 23:5 is a fitting verse to describe the amazing, blessed life that God was able to fit into Trebor's 41 years on this Earth. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Shirley and Gus Yocum of Winnsboro and his maternal grandfather Billy Ray Boutwell of Winnsboro. He is survived by the love of his life, Dr. Joel Eldridge of Winnsboro; his mother Jo Ann Boutwell of Winnsboro; father Robert Yocum and wife Barbara of Winnsboro; grandmother Carolyn Boutwell of Winnsboro; sister Leslie Wells and husband Christopher of Lindenhurst, NY; brother Christopher Yocum and wife Dani of Plymouth, Michigan; 5 nephews Grayson Wells, Duke Wells, Jackson Yocum, Logan Yocum, and Austin Yocum; as well as a host of beloved Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, life-long friends, as well as friends that he met once. Pallbearers: Ben Boutwell, Dustin Collie, Will House, Darren Collie, Christopher Wells, Ron Bassett, and William A. Willis. Honorary pallbearers will be Danny Posey, Danny Lofton, Harold Barmore, Jennifer Driggers Harrison, Elecia Foy, Rhonda Priest, Angie Hitt, Janice Posey, and Nikki Hart. If you would like to make a donation in lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund has been set up at Franklin State Bank to honor the legacy of Dr. Trebor Yocum.

First Baptist Church Winnsboro

First Baptist Church Winnsboro

Coax Cemetery