Addie Marie Skinner

Addie Marie Skinner, who is now at peace, went home to be with her Lord on July 31, 2015. She was born on September 21, 1921 in the Center Grove community near Linden, Texas to the late Clarence and Carrie Hall. She was a descendent of Citizens of the Republic of Texas, a Texas pioneer family that settled in the Center Grove community of northeast Texas in 1836. She spent most of her youth in the Queen City/Atlanta Texas area. She was always proud of her efforts during World War II, when she worked at the Lone Star Ordnance Plant where she worked on the assembly line producing bombs for the war effort. She married Ruel Skinner in April of 1945, and later made the move to Houston.

Marie was a very devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and friend in her lifetime. Her love for the Lord and her family was her life. Her favorite pastime was to make her family and friends happy. Whether it was in the kitchen, baking cookies, peanut butter balls, pies, or canning chow-chow, to being at the sewing machine, making clothes for her grandchildren, or crocheting afghans for everyone.

She is preceded in death by the following: her parents, sisters - Willie Caver, Meadie Clements, Lucy Thompson and brother, C. W. Hall, her husband Ruel Skinner, and son Denny Skinner.

She is survived by her sons, Larry Skinner and wife Alice, Gary Skinner and daughter Sherry Skinner; her sister Evelyn Sumner; as well as 7 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She truly lived a full life, has left a positive legacy for her family and friends, and will be sorely missed by all who knew her.