Skeen, Stephen Herbert

Passed: 1954-09-19

Age: 67

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1954-09-24

Information:      Steven Herbert Skeen, 67-year old Clerk of the Circuit Clerk of Jackson County, died at the Staats Hospital in Charleston as the results of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on State Rt. 87 near Evans.      Mr. Skeen had long been a figure in public life of Jackson county.  He was elected as County Surveyor in 1914 and in 1918 was elected circuit clerk and was re-elected in 1924.  On January 1, 1927 he resigned to become Sergeant-At-Arms of the state senate.  He was later elected several times to the post of county surveyor and in 1950 was elected clerk of the circuit court.      He was an outstanding member and official of the I.O.O.F. in the state and in the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World.  He was also a Mason, a member of the Rebekah and I.O.O.F. Lodge of Ripley.      He was born August 3, 1887, in Kentuck, a son of the late David Leon and Cordelia Winter Skeen.  He is survived by his wife Lilly Hamon Skeen; son, Ralph Skeen of Ripley; two daughters, Mrs. Faye Koontz of Ripley and Mrs. Inez Morris of South Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. James (Ada) Poling and Mrs. P.P. (Elva) Simmons of Kenna and numerous other relatives including several grandchildren.      The funeral service will be held at the Ripley E.U.B. Church this (Wednesday) afternoon with the Rev. Lejene Lewis officiating and the burial with the Parsons funeral directors in charge will be in the Pine Hill Cemetery.  The body is at the home but will be taken to the church an hour before the service.