

  <p>Skeen, Ann Elizabeth Baker</p>
  <p>Passed: 2008-12-02</p>
  <p>Age: 89</p>


  <p>Source: Charleston Gazette</p>

  <p>Death Notice: 2008-12-03</p>

  <p>Obituary Date: </p>
  <p>Information: Ann Elizabeth Skeen, 89, of Cottageville, departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at her home, surrounded by her family following an extended illness.  She was born Sept. 19, 1919, in Angerona, and was a daughter of the late James Russell and Clara Pearl Sayre Baker.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Raymond L. Skeen; sons, Larry Harless and Rocky Lee Skeen; brothers, Hal, Chester and Onley Baker; and sisters, Iris Louine Baker and Avis Ione Raines.  She was a graduate of Union High School, Cottageville, and co-founder and longtime minister of Open Bible Church, Ripley.  She and her late husband also ministered through a radio program, ""The Blessed Hope Hour"", for several years.  She also wrote a weekly article ""And So It Is"" for the Jackson Herald.         Survivors include her sons and their wives, Roderick and Joan Harless of Dunbar and the Rev. Ben and Marie Skeen of Ripley; daughters and their husbands, Rebecca and Lee Cornett of Cottageville and Barbara and John Upton of Evans; sister, Lila Casto of Evans; 22 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.  Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Open Bible Church, Ripley, with the Rev. Frank Ashworth and the Rev. Ben Skeen officiating.  Burial will follow in Blaine Memorial Cemetery, Cottageville, with the Rev. David ""Guss"" Imperio officiating.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church.  Arrangements are being provided by Casto Funeral Home, Evans.  Online condolences may be sent to castofuneralhome@citynet.net.</p>


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