Ronald Luther Yoakam, age 62, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Louisville, KY of complications from a brief battle of a non Covid 19 related illness. Ron was a 1976 graduate of Northland High School Columbus, Ohio. Ron became a private pilot, then became a flight instructor, teaching student pilots in California, Colorado and Ohio. Ron held a Commercial Pilots License and Airline Transport Pilot Rating from the FAA. He worked professionally for many years as a pilot flying corporate and charter jets. He also worked as a recurrent training officer and examiner for Citation Jets at Flight Safety International in Columbus, Ohio. He lived the past ten years in Louisville, Kentucky.
He is preceded in death by his father, David Loren Yoakam. He is survived by his mother, Ruth Ann Rankey; his brother, Dwight Yoakam; and his sister, Kimberly Yoakam Leslie. Family has entrusted SCHOEDINGER NORTHWEST with private arrangements.
