GERTRUDE SKINNER Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 8 Apr 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ April 05. 2005 12:20PM Gertrude Skinner Gertrude Celistan Skinner, 80, a native of Thibodaux and resident of Avondale, died March 29, 2005. A religious service was held Monday at Austerlitz Baptist Church in New Orleans, with burial at Restlawn Cemetery in Avondale. She is survived by her son, Edward Skinner; daughter, Betty Rhodes Fisher; brother, Ezra Celistan; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Freddie Celistan and Lilly Smith Celistan. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home of New Orleans is in charge of arrangements.