Wilma Skelton

Friday, March 25, 2011

Mrs. Wilma Skelton, 83, of Cordova, Tenn., formerly of Blytheville, passed from this life Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Grace Health Care in Cordova. Born in Blytheville to Huelan Houston and Alvie Rayburn Hodge Stone, she was a homemaker and a member of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis.

Her parents; a daughter, Karen Wilkes; and brother, Norman Stone Sr., preceded her in death.

She leaves her husband, Joe L. Skelton of Cordova;

Her son, Terry E. Drugmand of Nesbit, Miss.;

Two step-children, Lynn Hedges of Paris, Tenn., and Michael Skelton of Oakland, Tenn.;

A sister, Dorris Stone Dean of Blytheville; and

Four grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, one great-grandchild and four step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis with the Rev. Darrell Clark officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the church. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis. Condolences may be e-mailed to cobbfuneralhome@sbcglobal.net