Fred Skeen

Mr. Fred Skeen, age 94, of Denton died Monday, October 4 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. Funeral service for Mr. Skeen will be 11:00 am Friday, October 8 at Lineberry United Methodist Church with Rev. Kelly Creekmur officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at Briggs Funeral Home and other times at the home of daughter Diane Carroll , 96 Bombay Rd., Denton. Mr. Skeen was born October 3, 1916 in Davidson County to Marshall Titus and Jessie Flada Morris Skeen. He had worked as a clothcutter and upholsterer with Erwin-Lambeth Furniture, Tomlinson Furniture and Colony Craft Furniture and retired from Baker Furniture. He was a member of Lineberry United Methodist Church and of Woodmen of the World and was a volunteer fireman with the Denton Fire Department. He was an avid wood carver and loved to fish and hunt. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Holshouser Skeen who died June 30, 2001. Mr. Skeen is survived by daughters, Fredene Williams of Asheboro, Diane Carroll and husband Jerry of Denton, Cathy Walsh and husband Ed of Asheboro and Cynthia Williams and husband Robert of Salisbury, 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Lineberry United Methodist Church, c/o Linda Pearce, 2222 Piedmont School Rd., Denton, NC 27239 or to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292