John Yokley dies at 64

Posted Mar 28, 2008

John Yokley, a member of the North Carolina varsity basketball team from 1964-66, passed away Wednesday morning after a battle with acute leukemia in a Charlotte-area hospital. Yokley, who was living in High Point, was 64. David Rowe, a teammate of Yokley's at Mount Airy High School and on the freshman team at North Carolina during the 1962-63 season, said the news of his friend's passing was a shock. (Mount Airy News)

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