

  <p>Skeen, George H.</p>
  <p>Passed: 1971-12-12</p>
  <p>Age: 81</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson County Newspapers</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1971-12-13</p>
  <p>Information: RETIRED STATE POLICE CAPTAIN DIES -- George H. Skeen, 81, a retired Army and state police Captain, died December 12, 1971, at his home after a long illness.  Born December 16, 1889, at Kentuck, he was the son of the late Stephen P. and Nancy Ann Mays Skeen.  Captain Skeen spent 10 years in the Army where he was a Captain in World War I.  He was also a state police captain, having retired in 1945 with 23 years of service.  He was a member of Cottageville Masonic Lodge No. 54, , member of the Odd Fellows Lodge in Ripley, the All-State Police Post and attended Goshen Baptist Church.  Survivors include his wife, Beulah Lanham Skeen; three daughters, Mrs. James F. Rawlings and Mrs. Roy C. Hill, oth of Charleston, and Mrs. Paul F. Hill of Salem, Ind.; twin brothers, Grover C. fo Ripley, and Henry C., of Central Valley, Calif.; another brother, Clyde of Charleston; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  ServiceS were held Tuesday at Goshen Baptist Church at Kentuck with the Rev. Vairl Winter officiating.  Burial was in the Goshen Cemetery. </p>


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