Edgar Irvin SKINNER, 19182002 (aged 83 years)

Name
Edgar Irvin /SKINNER/
Given names
Edgar Irvin
Surname
SKINNER
Name suffix
Jr.
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7 Jun 2002

Birth
June 12, 1918
Hill County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.9907 Longitude: -97.132423
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Date: January 9, 2006
Occupation
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Note: Switchman For The Katy RR
Residence
Waco and Bellmead, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.586292 Longitude: -97.104098
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7 Jun 2002

Retirement
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Note: as a Command Sgt. Major
Birth of a sister
December 13, 1920
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
Citation details: census 1930, TEXAS , MCLENNAN, 9-WD WACO, Enum. Dist. 155-20, Series: T626 Roll: 2373 Page: 176
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Date: January 10, 2006
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Date: September 1, 2006
Note: Last residence listed as East Baton Rouge, LA.
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
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Date: October 8, 2006
Birth of a brother
July 14, 1925
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
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Birth of a sister
July 17, 1929
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
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Citation details: Mc Lennan Co. Texas Births - 1929, Texas GenWeb Archives
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Note: Information in this database comes from the Texas Department of Health. Submitted by Lola Withrow: lola_w@pacbell.net, August 21, 2000
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Date: September 8, 2006
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Juanita Turner
July 17, 1929 - July 11, 2008

Juanita Turner of Waco passed away Friday, July 11, 2008. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 14, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Chapel with the Rev. Linda Wimberley officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey.

Juanita was born July 17, 1929 in Waco to Edgar Irvin and Agnes Mae Skinner. She graduated from La Vega High School in 1946. She worked part-time for the WISD Food Services and was a Sunday school teacher for many years. She was a dedicated homemaker and caregiver; a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Juanita has been a longtime member of Lake Shore United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 53 years, Isaac Boyd Turner; two brothers and one sister. She is survived by two daughters, Nita Winget and husband, David of Waco; Nancy David and husband, Roy of Spring, TX; two sons, Ronald Turner and wife, Denise of Clifton; and Wayne Turner and wife, Mona of McGregor; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren; one brother, Bob Skinner of Houston; and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or Lake Shore United Methodist Church. The family sincerely thanks her doctors, the 7th Floor Nursing Staff at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center and Hillcrest Hospice for their loving care and support.

Marriage
April 14, 1939 (aged 20 years)
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
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Citation details: obituary of Lillian Skinner, published in the Waco Tribune-Herald, 21 May 2008
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Date: May 31, 2008
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The obituary just gives the marriage date as April 1939.

FAM:MARR:SOUR:_TEXT: YES
Alt. Marriage
April 16, 1939
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
Military
November 25, 1940
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
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Note: His education was 4 years of high school, and his civil occupation was Engineering Aide (designated field) or Sales Clerk. He was married. His height was 72 inches (6 foot), and he weighed 158 pounds.

His education was 4 years of high school, and his civil occupation was Engineering Aide (designated field) or Sales Clerk. He was married. His height was 72 inches (6 foot), and he weighed 158 pounds.
enlisted sergeant, National Guard, Infantry

Birth of a grandson
May 18, 1969
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.549167 Longitude: -97.146389
Source: Rootsweb
Citation details: McLennan County Births 1969, Texas GenWeb Archives
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Date: September 8, 2006
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Military
Citation details: 5 Jun 2002
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Note: 36th Division 143Rd Infantry, WWII
Death
June 4, 2002 (aged 83 years)
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7 Jun 2002

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Date: January 9, 2006
Note: Issued in Texas.
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Burial
June 6, 2002 (2 days after death)
White Rock Cemetery, Ross, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.718333 Longitude: -97.118889
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7 Jun 2002

Religion
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Note: Lavega Church Of Christ
Family with parents
father
Edgar Irvin Skinner, Sr.
18961951
Birth: September 11, 1896Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: June 3, 1951Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
mother
Agnes Scales
18981983
Birth: November 21, 1898Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA
Death: September 23, 1983Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageMarch 18, 1917Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
15 months
himself
19182002
Birth: June 12, 1918Hill County, Texas, USA
Death: June 4, 2002
3 years
younger sister
19201986
Birth: December 13, 1920Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: May 31, 1986Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
5 years
younger brother
Billy Bob Skinner
19251928
Birth: July 14, 1925Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: March 15, 1928Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
4 years
younger sister
Juanita Skinner
19292008
Birth: July 17, 1929Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: July 11, 2008McLennan County, Texas, USA
brother
Family with Lillian VIRGIN
himself
19182002
Birth: June 12, 1918Hill County, Texas, USA
Death: June 4, 2002
wife
19182008
Birth: June 6, 1918Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA
Death: May 19, 2008Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageApril 14, 1939Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
daughter
son
Birth
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Marriage
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Date: May 31, 2008
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The obituary just gives the marriage date as April 1939.

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Occupation
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Residence
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7 Jun 2002

Retirement
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Name
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7 Jun 2002

Death
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7 Jun 2002

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Burial
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7 Jun 2002

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Occupation

Switchman For The Katy RR

Retirement

as a Command Sgt. Major

Military

His education was 4 years of high school, and his civil occupation was Engineering Aide (designated field) or Sales Clerk. He was married. His height was 72 inches (6 foot), and he weighed 158 pounds.
enlisted sergeant, National Guard, Infantry

Military

36th Division 143Rd Infantry, WWII

Death

Issued in Texas.

Religion

Lavega Church Of Christ

Shared note

Newspaper article from the World War II era:
Boys in Band of 36th Toot Horns Under Shell Fire
They Lie in Tomato Patch Munching Fruit During their First Air Raid in Italy, Member Says
" We went through our first air raid in a tomato patch," Tech Sgt. Edgar Skinner Jr., 1125 Proctor Ave., said in relating experiences of the 143rd infantry band, a former Waco national guard unit, in the Italian campaign. "We lay on our backs, watched the planes go over and ate tomatoes."
"We were always right up under artillery fire," he continued. "We would go up and play for the different outfits, setup our public address system---we had everything, a portable stage, a small generator, two trucks, even a piano. Many time we had to stop a concert while the audience had to go and fire a mission on their guns. Then they would come back, sit down and we would finish the show.
"The most unusual dance we played was near Sessa," he said. "We got four hospital ward tents and made one big tent out of them, then we built a stage at one end and decorated it with white and red-dyed gauze bandage. A dance platform was built in front of the bandstand and tables were placed all around it so that it looked like a nightclub. Nurses, Wacs and Red Cross girls were partners for the men," he related....

Obituary:
Edgar Skinner Jr.
Edgar Irvin Skinner Jr., 83, of Waco died Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at a local nursing home. Visitation with the family will be from 7 to 9 p. m., Wednesday, June 5 at Bellmead Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, June 6 at White Rock cemetery with Rick Cobb officiating.
Mr. Skinner was born June 12, 1918, in Hill Co. He married Lillian Virgin April 14, 1939, in Waco. He served in WWII with the 36th division 143rd Infantry, he retired as Command Sgt. Major and was a switchman for Katy Railroad. He was a founding member of Bellmead Volunteer Fire Department where he served as chief for nine years. He was also a founding member of LaVega Church of Christ where he served as a deacon, an elder and song leader.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian Skinner of Waco; daughter, Barbara and husband Doug Richardson of China Spring; son, Larry and wife Lois Skinner of Plano; sister, Juanita Turner of Waco; brother, Robert Skinner of Houston; grandchildren, Brian, Bret and Alan Richardson, and Clair and Matt Skinner; and great-grandchildren, Holly, Allison, Keeli, Reagan, Chad and Ryan.
Pallbearers will be grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to Northside Church of Christ Building Fund.

The funeral was handled by Bellmead Funeral Home, Bellmead, Texas.

(Obituary of Edgar Skinner Jr., Waco Tribune-Herald, 5 Jun 2002, posted on MyFamily.com, Obituary of Edgar Skinner, Jr., posted on MyFamily.com, http://www.myfamily.com, accessed 7 Jun 2002)