Skinner, Burley Ray   	 

DIANA - Graveside services for Burley Ray Skinner, 88, of the Ashland 
community, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at Ashland Cemetery, 
with Bro. Paul Chandler and Bro. Dickey Mauk officiating. Arrangements 
are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Mr. 
Skinner passed away Friday, May 25, 2007, in Marshall.

Mr. Skinner was born May 18, 1919, in Gilmer, to Howard and Dovie 
Skinner. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and he was 
retired as store manager for Safeway in Gilmer.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Pat Skinner; and 
brothers, Horace O'Neil and Billy Wayne Skinner.

He is survived by a son, Daniel Ray Skinner of Diana; sisters and 
brothers-in-law, Joyce and Bill Taylor of Levellan and Bettie and 
Charles Barber of Marshall; and grandchildren, Samantha M. and Johnny 
Boland of Longview and Melissa Compton of Little Rock, Ark.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, May 28, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd 
Funeral Home in Diana.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 5/27/2007.

---------------

Skinner, Burley Ray   	 

DIANA - Graveside services for Burley Ray Skinner, 88, of the Ashland 
community, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at Ashland Cemetery, 
with Bro. Paul Chandler and Bro. Dickey Mauk officiating. Arrangements 
are under the direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Mr. Skinner 
passed away Friday, May 25, 2007, in Marshall.

Mr. Skinner was born May 18, 1919, in Gilmer, to Howard and Dovie Skinner. 
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and he was retired as
 store manager for Safeway in Gilmer.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Pat Skinner; and 
brothers, Horace O'Neil and Billy Wayne Skinner.

He is survived by his wife, Billie Skinner; a son, Daniel Ray Skinner of 
Diana; sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce and Bill Taylor of Levelland 
and Bettie and Charles Barber of Marshall; and grandchildren, Samantha M. 
and Johnny Boland of Longview and Melissa Compton of Little Rock, Ark.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, May 28, 2007, at Grubbs-Loyd Funeral 
Home in Diana.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 5/27/2007 - 5/28/2007.