Obituaries:  Roy Skinner, Sabine Parish       S-560
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 14, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Roy Skinner (Photo)

  Mr. Roy Skinner, 69, died in a Lake Charles hospital Sunday,
Sept. 10, at 3:20 a.m., after an extended illness.

  Mr. Skinner was a lifelong resident of Sabine Parish, and was
employed by the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department many years.

  Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m., in the
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Phillip Tisdale, the
Rev. J. C. Edwards, and the Rev. Billy White officiating. Burial
was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, under the direction of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home.

  In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be sent to
the Masonic Children's Home, in his memory.

  Surviving relatives of Mr. Skinner are one son, Billy Ray
Skinner of Florien; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Marie Austin of
Sulphur, and Mrs. Jo Ann Wright of Many; three brothers, Monroe
Skinner of Florien, Louis Skinner of Coushatta, and Jeff Skinner
of West Virginia; seven sisters, Mrs. Cora Smith, Mrs. Melva
Curry, Mrs. Bessie Weldon, Mrs. Exie Anderson, Mrs. Elta Wyatt,
and Mrs. Ibertia Mothershed, all of Florien, and Mrs. Pearlie
Dupree of Logansport; and 11 grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were C. J. Miller, Dick Underdown, George Cook,
Jimmy Ray Pleasant, Floyd Terrell, and Alfice Brumley.

  All members of the Sheriff's Department and City Police
Department were honorary pallbearers.