Obituaries:  Rev. William Ronald Skinner, Sabine Parish       S-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 15, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. William Ronald Skinner

  Services for the Rev. William Ronald Skinner, 48, of Lake
Charles, were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, in the First
Baptist Church of Gillis, La., with the Rev. Al Gaspard
officiating. Assisting was the Rev. Francis LaRocque. Burial was
in Belmont Cemetery in Belmont, La., at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday.
Services were under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Lake
Charles.

  The Rev. Skinner, a native of Many, La., died at 12:30 p.m.,
Aug. 11, 1985, in Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. He has been a
resident of the Lake Charles area for the past 20 years. He was
pastor of the First Baptist Church of Gillis, La. for the past 10
years, and was a retired professor of speech from McNeese
University, after 20 years of service, where he was also a debate
coach.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sylvia Skinner of Lake Charles;
one son, William Ronald Skinner Jr. of Lake Charles; two
daughters, Miss Ronda Michelle Skinner of Alexandria, and Miss
Tonya Rochelle Skinner of Lake Charles; and two brothers, James
Larry Skinner of Many, and Asa Allen Skinner of Leesville, La.