Eighth Generation


2992. Frank William Skillman was born on 1 July 1873 in Middletown, Bourbon, KY. In 1930 he was a merchant in a retail group in Paris, Bourbon, KY. He died of coronary thrombosis, myocarditis on 17 February 1938 at the age of 64 at 223 W. Second St. in Paris, Bourbon, KY. Frank was buried on 18 February 1938 at Paris Cemetery in Paris, Bourbon, KY. He was a grocery man.

Frank William Skillman and Bettie Smith were married on 14 July 1915. They appeared in the census in 1930 at 329 Second St. in Paris, Bourbon, KY. Bettie Smith, daughter of Jefferson Wright Smith and Fannie Kiser, was born in 1889. Between 1938 and 1952 she was an order office manager at Sears, Roebuck in Paris, Bourbon, KY. She died on 4 March 1956 at the age of 67 at Bourbon Co. Hospital in Paris, Bourbon, KY. Obit in Paris Daily Enterprise, Paris, KY. Bettie was a member at Paris Christian Church in Paris, Bourbon, KY. She was buried at Paris Cemetery in Paris, Bourbon, KY.

Frank William Skillman-2699 and Bettie Smith-33013 had the following children:

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Frank Gordon Skillman was born on 4 May 1922 in Paris, Bourbon, KY. He died on 10 March 2009 at the age of 86 in Fort Myers, Lee, FL. Frank Gordon Skillman, 87, of Fort Myers died on March 10, 2009. He was born on May 4, 1921 in Paris, KY, a child of Frank William and Betty (Smith) Skillman. He was a Navy veteran and retired from the Social Security Administration as a claims representative.

Memorial Service will be held on June 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the Thomas Edison Congregational Church, 1619 Llewellyn Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33901. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to SW Florida Community Foundation, 8260 College Parkway #101, Ft. Myers, FL 33919-5104. Friends may sign the guest book at www.horizonfunerals.com.

Published in The News-Press on May 22, 2011 He had Social Security Number 400-20-4496. Frank served in the military in U.S. Navy. He was a claims representative.

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Rhodes Smith Skillman-33031.