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- [S4] Notice nécrologique.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Shelby for Betty Odessa Skinner, 52, of Lothair, who died Sept. 1 in a Great Falls Hospital after a lengthy illness. Conducting the service was the Rev. Aaron Lewis. Musicians included pianist Brian Lewis, vocal soloist Lou Ellen Wanken and the Men’s Quartet. Pallbearers were John Fransen, Marvin Atkins, Marvin, Jerry Kennedy, Dan Zachary and Dwayne Irvin, and Ray Buechler was honorary pallbearer. Burial was in Mountainview Cemetery.
She was born Jan. 14, 1937, in Yazoo City, Miss., where she grew up. She attended college in North Carolina. She came to Montana in the early 1970s, and married Bill Skinner in November 1973. She was a piano teacher and active in church and civic groups. Survivors include her husband of Lothair; her mother, Mary Tackett of Yazoo City; a stepdaughter; four brothers; and a sister.
— Shelby Promoter (MT), Sept 1989.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 89586354.
- [S2] Article de presse.
Miss Tackett plans wedding to Mr. Skinner
Mrs. Pots Alvia Tackett of Minter City, announces the engagement of her daughter, Betty Odessa Tackett, to William Henry Skinner of Lothair, Mont., and the late Mr. Skinner.
The bride-elect, the daughter of the late Mr. Tackett, attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., Mississippi College in Clinton and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
The prospective bridegroom attended Northern State College in Bozeman, Mont. He has farming interests in Lothair.
The wedding will be at two o’clock in the afternoon on Nov. 4, at the First Baptist Church in Minter City. Invitations are not being sent locally, relatives and friends are invited to attend the ceremony.
— The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Mississippi, 4 Oct 1973.
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