Obituary of Freeman Skaggs, Madison Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Lynn Gibson Date: 22 Nov 1998 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Freeman SKAGGS - Madison Co. Record Freeman Skaggs, Old Citizen Dies Suddenly at Hindsville Freeman M. Skaggs, age 82 years, died suddenly Tuesday [October 17, 1933] morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Everett Clark of near Hindsville. He had eaten a hearty breakfast, appeared as well as usual and was walking across the yard to do a chore when he fell dead. Heart failure is presumed to have been the cause. Funeral services were conducted by Jerry Simpson at the Baptist church in this city Wednesday afternoon and interment was made in the Huntsville cemetery. Mr. Skaggs was one of the best known citizens of the county, of which he was a native and a life long resident. He was born near Huntsville, April 2, 1851. He was married October 22, 1871 to Nancy Jane Adams, who died about 12 years ago. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Clark, with whom he had made his home the past eight years, he is survived by three sons, William C. of Idabel, Okla, Erwin of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Corley of Huntsville, all of whom were present at the funeral: also surviving him are four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Adair and Mrs. Otto Heflin of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. A. B. Sanders of Webber Falls, Okla., and Mrs. Lydia Hudson of Seattle, Wash. [Transcribed and Submitted by Sherry Healy.]