DeWees, Orpha Pearl Skeen

Passed: 1943-04-21

Age: 26

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1943-04-30

Information: Orpha Pearl Skeen, of Kentuck, was born 22 February 1917 and departed this world at the age of 26.  She was united in marriage to William Donald DeWeese, of Kenna, on December 18, 1934.  She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband; father and mother, Wesley and Rhoda Skeen of Charleston; four sisters, Amy Dodson and Linda Skeen of Charleston, Hazel Trimble of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Vergie DeWeese, of Kenna; two brothers, Howard Skeen of Charleston and Hoyt Skeen of Elgin Field, Florida.   Mrs. Donald DeWeese, 26, of Kenna, died at a Ripley hospital last Wednesday afternoon.  She became ill the previous day and earlier on Wednesday had given birth to a still-born baby.  She is survived by her husband and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Skeen, at Charleston, and the following brothers and sisters, Howard and Hoyt Skeen, Charleston; Mrs. Virgie DeWeese, Kentuck, Miss Linda Skeen and Mrs. Annie Dotson, Charleston, and Mrs. Hazel Trimble of Cincinnati, Ohio.    (McIntyre)