Coryell Co. Tx - Obit for Mrs. Paul (Elaine) Skinner Submitted by Bobbie Ross with permission of the Gatesville Messenger & Star-Forum Copyright, http://www.gatesvillemessenger.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Mrs. Paul (Elaine) Skinner, 69, of Gorman, a former Gatesville resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, in a Stephenville hospital. Services were held Saturday afternoon at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Gorman, Rev. Melvin Hooter and Rev. Ron Carroll officiating. Burial was at Howard Cemetery near Desdemona. Mrs. Skinner, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Evan J. Smith of Gatesville, was born March 31, 1918 in Waco. She was reared in Gatesville and graduated from Gatesville High School. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gorman. Survivors include three daughters, Lou Ann Hill of Irving, Linda Hooten of Amarillo and Helen Collum of Desdemona; a sister, Pauline Clark of Waco; a brother, Rev. Leslie Smith of Indonesia; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.