Obit: Mrs. Gertrude Skinner, Lincoln Parish, LA
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291



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The Ruston Daily Leader,
Monday, March 12, 1979

Mrs. Skinner's
Services Held

     The funeral of Mrs. Gertrude Skinner, 94, of Simsboro was
held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in Ruston
with the Rev.  Charles Langford officiating.
     Burial was in Antioch Cemetery near Simsboro
     Mrs. Skinner died Friday at Town Oaks Nursing Home in Ruston
after a brief illness. 
     She was a native of Lincoln Parish , and a member of Antioch
Baptist Church.
     Survivors include six sons, Leroy Skinner, C. Murice Skinner,
J. D. Skinner, all of Simsboro, R. Lavelle Skinner of Bernice, 
Zane Skinner of Houston and Curtis Skinner of West Covina, Calif.;
four daughters, Mrs. Lora Dring of Simsboro, Mrs. Lurlene Wilds of
Gladewater, Texas, Mrs. Beatrice Ellington of Minden and Mrs. Edith
Barron of San Diego; a brother, Abe Trussell of Jena; 24
grandchildren; and 44 great-grandchildren.