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G L Skinner

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G L Skinner

Birth
Death
16 Jun 2007 (aged 57)
Burial
Alto, Cherokee County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.6145566, Longitude: -95.1284416
Plot
Across the road from main cemetery
Memorial ID
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Buried across the road from the Chapel and main cemetery.

Funeral for G.L. Skinner, 57, of Alto, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Weeping Mary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ike Wiley and the Rev. Herman Martin officiating. Burial will be in St. Thomas Chapel Cemetery under the direction of O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Skinner died Saturday. He was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Alto to G.W. and Ardie Pope Skinner. He attended school at Booker T. Washington, Fidelity Manor and Alto High School. He was a member of the Weeping Mary Baptist Church, serving in many positions. He worked at Rusk State Hospital and later for Duplichain Contractors. He was on the Alto ISD board from 2000 to his death.

Preceding him in death were father, G.W. Skinner; step-mother, Ola Mae Skinner; step-father, B.J. Thacker; father-in-law, James L. Green and two grandchildren. Survivors from Alto are his wife of 34 years, Rosie Skinner; mother, Ardie Thacker; mother-in-law, Rostene Green; two daughters, Camille Green and G'Undra Skinner; three sons, Joshua Skinner, Stancy Skinner and Jeremy Skinner, all of Alto; grandchildren, Tyrus, Sharenza, Tyran, Kim, Joshua Jr., Yoshira, Carenza, Jadarion, Jaydon and Londys; six sisters and brothers-in-law, Laura Holmes and Margie Skinner of Alto, Gloria Skinner of Houston, Brenda and Tommy Griffin of Longview, Carolyn and Gabe Frazier of Alto and Crystal Sterling of Shreveport, La.; four brothers and sister-in-law, Charles Skinner, Salra (Pig) Thacker and Elmo Thacker of Alto and George and Della Skinner of Houston; three sisters-in-law, Peggy Green, Paula Pope and Pamala Black; brothers-in-law, Vern Green and Willis Green; and niece, Jalane Green.

Pallbearers will be Robert Jenkins, Howard Richardson, Jerry Moore, Jeffrey Duplichain, Jason Duplichain, Earnest Mitchell, George Skinner Jr., Carol Parker. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.



Buried across the road from the Chapel and main cemetery.

Funeral for G.L. Skinner, 57, of Alto, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Weeping Mary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ike Wiley and the Rev. Herman Martin officiating. Burial will be in St. Thomas Chapel Cemetery under the direction of O.T. Allen & Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Skinner died Saturday. He was born Aug. 3, 1949, in Alto to G.W. and Ardie Pope Skinner. He attended school at Booker T. Washington, Fidelity Manor and Alto High School. He was a member of the Weeping Mary Baptist Church, serving in many positions. He worked at Rusk State Hospital and later for Duplichain Contractors. He was on the Alto ISD board from 2000 to his death.

Preceding him in death were father, G.W. Skinner; step-mother, Ola Mae Skinner; step-father, B.J. Thacker; father-in-law, James L. Green and two grandchildren. Survivors from Alto are his wife of 34 years, Rosie Skinner; mother, Ardie Thacker; mother-in-law, Rostene Green; two daughters, Camille Green and G'Undra Skinner; three sons, Joshua Skinner, Stancy Skinner and Jeremy Skinner, all of Alto; grandchildren, Tyrus, Sharenza, Tyran, Kim, Joshua Jr., Yoshira, Carenza, Jadarion, Jaydon and Londys; six sisters and brothers-in-law, Laura Holmes and Margie Skinner of Alto, Gloria Skinner of Houston, Brenda and Tommy Griffin of Longview, Carolyn and Gabe Frazier of Alto and Crystal Sterling of Shreveport, La.; four brothers and sister-in-law, Charles Skinner, Salra (Pig) Thacker and Elmo Thacker of Alto and George and Della Skinner of Houston; three sisters-in-law, Peggy Green, Paula Pope and Pamala Black; brothers-in-law, Vern Green and Willis Green; and niece, Jalane Green.

Pallbearers will be Robert Jenkins, Howard Richardson, Jerry Moore, Jeffrey Duplichain, Jason Duplichain, Earnest Mitchell, George Skinner Jr., Carol Parker. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.





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  • Created by: James Ellis
  • Added: Dec 15, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102218621/g_l-skinner: accessed ), memorial page for G L Skinner (8 Aug 1949–16 Jun 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102218621, citing Saint Thomas Chapel Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee County, Texas, USA; Maintained by James Ellis (contributor 47815402).