Nansemond County-Suffolk-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Skeeter, Tommy, 1993 

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Tommy Skeeter 

  PORTSMOUTH - Tommy Skeeter, 76, of 206 Dixie Ave., died Sept. 29. 1993, in 
Maryview Hospital.  A native of Suffolk, he was the son of the late John 
Skeeter and Sweetie Skeeter. 

  He had retired as a plumber.  Skeeter was a former member of Mt. Ararat 
United Christian Church. 

  Survivors include two sisters, Dorothy Skeeter and Bertha Skeeter, and two 
brothers, Richard Skeeter and Jerry Skeeter, all of Portsmouth; and a friend, 
Elnora Beamon of Portsmouth. 

  The funeral will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. S. Walters in 
Fisher Funeral Home, Portsmouth.  Burial will be in the Laudi [sic; Lauder] 
Skeeter Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  The family will assemble at the residence on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. for the 
procession. 

  T.E. Cooke-Twilight Funeral Home, Suffolk, provided the information. 

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  Tommy Skeeter, 76, of the 200 block of Dixie Ave., a retired plumber, died 
September 29, 1993. 

  Mr. Skeeter was born in Suffolk.  He was pre-deceased by his mother, Sweetie 
Skeeter, and father, John Skeeter. 

  Survivors include two sisters, Bertha Skeeter and Dorothy Skeeter; and two 
brothers, Richard Skeeter and Jerry Skeeter, all of Portsmouth; and a friend, 
Elnora P. Beamon. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Fisher Funeral Home by 
the Rev. I.S. Waters.  Burial will be in Launder Skeeter Cemetery, Suffolk. 
The family will be at the residence. 


Thomas "Tommy" SKEETER, retired plumber, 
b. 2 Jun 1916*, Suffolk, d. 29 Sep 1993, Portsmouth, 
interred in Skeetertown Cemetery*, 3 Oct 1993, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Sat., Oct. 2, 1993, p. 2; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., Oct. 2, 1993, p. D2, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #198168512. 

*Additional information: 

His parents & grandparents are also buried there. 
   Skeetertown list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/skeeter.txt 

The concrete cap on his grave shows b. 26 Jun 1917.  A photo of his it - 
   added by Myke Reid - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #198168512. 

Birthdate from WW-II draft card 

D.Cert. 93-036698 also gives b. 26 Jun 1917; the informant was Mrs. Elnora 
   BEAMON. 


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