Skeen, David Leon
Passed: 1022-12-11
Age: 58
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice: 1923-11-17
Obituary Date:
Information: David Leon (D.L.), 58, a prominent citizen of Kentuck, died at the Staats Hospital of Charleston, Sunday, November 12, 1922, at 1 a.m. He was born March 3, 1864, in Jackson County, a son of the late Joseph and Matilda Casto Skeen. Mr. Skeen died a few hours after an operation for an enlarged prostrate gland, never thoroughly reviving from the operation. He had been in bad health for some time and had an operation performed about a week ago. David played the fiddle and was in great demand to play at weddings, funerals, and community events. He is survived by his wife, Cordelia Ann Winter Skeen; sons, Stephen Herbert, Otho Howard; daughters, Eunice Elva Simmons, Orla Good, and Ada Ernestine Poling. He was interned in the Skeen Cemetery (Kentuck) Sunday afternoon.