Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Skinner, Charles C., 1911 

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CHARLES CASTON SKINNER 

DEATH OF CHARLEY C. SKINNER, A FORMER WELL-KNOWN SUFFOLK MAN DIES 
   IN WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - HIS BODY BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL 

   Charles Caston Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Skinner of Cypress Chapel 
neighborhood peacefully passed away at Waynesville, N.C., on Thursday night, 
September 14-1911, where he had gone for his health.  For several years the 
deceased was engaged in business here where he won a host of friends, for 
many years he had been a resident of Berkley ward Norfolk where he was quite 
popular.

   While a resident of Suffolk he was a member of the Suffolk Baptist Church 
choir being one of its most popular members and possessing musical talent 
together with a kind and sympathetic disposition and gentile manners he won 
his way into the hearts of both old and young.  The name of Charley Skinner 
has been mentioned many times by the older member of the present choir, and 
always with pleasant memories.

   Some months ago his health began to fail and in hopes of gaining strength 
and being restored again to his former self, he went a few weeks ago to 
Waynesville, N.C. where his tuberculosis trouble was aggravated by additional 
complications and slowly his life ebbed away.

   His death has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and 
relatives.  His was a heart of gold and it can be said that he was one of its 
true nobleman in its truest sense - being generous to many.  His way was a 
soul of honor, and his friendships were sacred to him.

   It’s always sad to stand beside the bed of the dying and watch life’s 
ebbing tide drifting the loved one slowly perhaps but surely into the great 
ocean of eternity, but when there comes whispering from the parched lips, 
"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil; 
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me."  It brings a balm to the wounded 
heart.  Thus closed the life of this noble young man in the thirtieth (-fifth) 
year of his age.

   To the broken hearted father, mother, wife, sisters and brothers, who strain* 
sorrow where in footsteps shall never again agait and echo, we extend our 
sympathy.  When they have drained the cup may the peace that passeth 
understanding come to them from One who cares for each little sparrow that 
falls.

   He is survived by a widow and one child: his father and mother, four 
brothers, G.W. Skinner of Suffolk, L.E. Skinner, of Elizabeth City, A.C. 
Skinner, of Norfolk, L.A. Skinner of Old Point, two sisters, Mrs. J.A. Bowden, 
of Portsmouth, and Mrs. J.A. Baker of Nansemond County.

   The funeral services were conducted from the residence of George W. 
Skinner, brother of the deceased, Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock.  Dr. W.W. 
Staley conducted the services.

   The interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The pall-bearers were: A.D. 
Bowen, W.S. Tebo, Claude Curry, H.M. Butler, R.R. Harrell, R.M. Butler, W.H. 
Howell, Donald Mclead and W.C. Harrell.

*this was a copy of a copy and hard to read - the sentence "To the broken 
   hearted..." may not be quite right, but close. {bs} 

"Charley" Charles Caston SKINNER, formerly of Suffolk and Norfolk, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 14 Sep 1911, Waynesville, NC, age 34, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 155*), Suffolk, 16 Sep 1911, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

He & his widow Julie (SMITH) share a gravestone with his parents. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #11511170) 


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