Mary Polk Montague Yerger Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on December 20, 2025, at the age of 92, Mary Polk Montague Yerger of Flowood, Mississippi passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Ida Lois Polk Montague and Frank Douglas Montague; her husband Wirt Adams Yerger, Jr. of Jackson; her brothers, Richard Abner Montague (Lynn Williams Montague) and Frank Douglas Montague, Jr. (Mary Dixon Montague); and her nephews, Harold Dixon Montague and Richard Abner Montague, Jr..
She is survived by: her children, Wirt Adams Yerger III (Linda Biggers Yerger) of Jackson, Mississippi, Mary Yerger Dunbar (Thomas Tarver Dunbar) of Jackson, Mississippi and Frank Montague Yerger (Jane Prater Yerger) of Oxford, Mississippi; her grandchildren, Mary Montague Dunbar, Sarah Jane Rivers Yerger, Wirt Adams Yerger IV (Jordan Jones Yerger), James David Yerger (Natalie Sink Yerger), Richard Montague Yerger (Rachael Hardin Yerger), John Taylor Yerger (Lauren Meyer Yerger), Thomas Yerger Dunbar, Wirt Yerger Dunbar, Frank Montague Yerger, Jr. and Harlan Prater Yerger; her great grandchildren, Jane Ellen Yerger, Anny Elizabeth Yerger, Mary Adams Yerger, Ellen Gray Yerger, Mary Gatlin Yerger, Anna Gray Yerger, Richard Montague Yerger, Jr., William James Yerger, Shepard Scheffen Yerger, Wirt Adams Yerger V, Nathaniel James Yerger, John Taylor Yerger, Jr., Gingia Yerger and Pate Yerger; her family, R. W. Slater, Sarah Robinson, Lola Walker, Katrina Rogers, Daphine Hopson and Julia Gray; Ivan Bass Yerger and Rivers Gay Yerger Lurate. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be given to First Presbyterian Day School, 1390 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39202, French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp, MS 39745, Greenwood Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 55783, Jackson, MS 39296.
