Tensas Parish Louisiana Obituaries Opal Dale Jones Skinner Extracted from the Tensas Gazette of February 20, 2002 Submitted by Edith Ziegler, FEB 2002 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Opal Dale Skinner Funeral services were held for Opal Dale Skinner, 52, February 9,2002 at The United Pentecostal Church. Interment followed in Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton. Mrs. Skipper was born October 20, 1949. She died February 7, 2002 at her son's home in St. Joseph. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wiley Sutton Jones and Fannie Mae Jones, and a son Jason Cole Skipper. Mrs. Skipper is survived by her husband Bobby Skipper of Waterfproof; four sons Eric Skipper of Marksville, Roy Skipper and Scott Skipper, both of St. Joseph and Travis Skipper of Waterproof; four brothers; Don Jones of St. Joseph, James Jones of Waterproof, Ricky Jones & Robert Jones of St. Joseph; four sisters Donna Strahan & Lillie Garner of St.Joseph, Myrtis Crawley of Newellton and Trudy Herrington of Crowville and 5 grandchildren.