Laura Skillern Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Laura Skillern (Chattanooga, Tennessee), who passed away at the age of 80, on October 10, 2018. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Laura Skillern or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
She was predeceased by: her husband Eugene Skillern; her siblings, Queenie Mary Melveline Williams, Paul Easton, Frank Hill, Linda Jean Christopher and Izora McKeldin; and her grandson Joshua Cheeks.
She is survived by: her siblings, William "Junebug" Hill, Sr. of Cincinnati, OH and Gladys Winston of Chattanooga; her children, Andre Sharpe, Sr. (Michelle) of Chattanooga, Jeffrey Cheeks, Sr. (Tina) of Chattanooga, Grover Cheeks (Wanda) of Chattanooga and Freda Townsend (Tommy) of Chattanooga; her nephew William Vaughn Hill of Cincinnati, OH; and her grandchildren, Carlos Hardy (Tess), Taneka Hill, Latoya Little, Takellia Bell (Bay), Tenisha Cheeks-Duckett (Alan), Andre Sharpe, Jr. (Erika), Renee Townsend, Tommy Townsend, III (Artieka), Demarcus Cheeks, Jeffrey Cheeks, Jr., Marissa Sharpe, Alexius Sharpe and Matthew Sharpe. She is also survived by 31 great-grandchildren; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews and special friends.
