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==Later years==
==Later years==
In 2009, the central committee of the Mississippi [[Republican Party|GOP]] recognized Yerger's lifetime achievements by naming him "chairman emeritus."<ref name=misspol>Jere Nash and Andy Taggert. ''Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006' ([[Jackson]]: University Press of Mississippi, 2006), pp. 41-42.</ref> He is also chairman emeritus of Ross & Yerger Insurance.<ref name=bio/>
In 2009, the central committee of the Mississippi [[Republican Party|GOP]] recognized Yerger's lifetime achievements by naming him "chairman emeritus."<ref name=misspol>Jere Nash and Andy Taggert. ''Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006' ([[Jackson]]: University Press of Mississippi, 2006), pp. 41-42.</ref> He is also chairman emeritus of Ross & Yerger Insurance.<ref name=bio/>
In January 2010, his active political career long behind him, Yerger published with Joseph L. Maxwell, III, a lengthy memoir entitled, ''A Courageous Cause: A Personal Story of Modern Republicanism's Birth from 1956 to 1966 in Mississippi''.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=http://acouragouscause.blogspot.com/|title=''A Courageous Cause''|publisher=LifeStory Publishing|page=50| ISBN 0975898876|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
In January 2010, his active political career long behind him, Yerger published with Joseph L. Maxwell, III, a lengthy memoir entitled, ''A Courageous Cause: A Personal Story of Modern Republicanism's Birth from 1956 to 1966 in Mississippi''.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=http://acouragouscause.blogspot.com/|title=''A Courageous Cause''|publisher=LifeStory Publishing|page=50| ISBN 0975898876|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
In 2012, Yerger was an elector for former Governor [[Mitt Romney]] f [[Massachusetts]] and later a U.S. Senator from [[Utah]] in the presidential election but did not cast his vote and was replaced by an alternate. All Mississippi electors voted for Romney, who carried Mississippi over the Democrat incumbent, [[Barack H. Obama]].
In 2012, Yerger was an elector for former Governor [[Mitt Romney]] f [[Massachusetts]] and later a U.S. Senator from [[Utah]] in the presidential election but did not cast his vote and was replaced by an alternate. All Mississippi electors voted for Romney, who carried Mississippi over the Democrat incumbent, [[Barack H. Obama]].