UPDATED ARRANGEMENTS: Lucy Helen Shofner Skaggs, 83
Mrs. Lucy Helen (Shofner) Skaggs of Campbellsville passed from this life peacefully on February 14, 2015 at the Grandview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Campbellsville. She was 83 years, 5 months, and 1 day of age. She was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Lillie Morning (Hedgespeth) Shofner. Mrs. Skaggs was a homemaker and matriarch of a large, well-respected family. She professed faith in Christ, and was a member of the Zion Separate Baptist Church. Mrs. Skaggs was the wife of Ernest Skaggs, Jr., who preceded her in death in February, 2006.
Mrs. Skaggs leaves to carry her legacy:
Eleven children: Joyce Skaggs Cole and husband Ken of Louisville, Mary Bright and husband Tony of Campbellsville, Eyvonee Skaggs of Mt. Washington, Garry Skaggs and wife Diane of Raywick, David Skaggs and companion Pam of Campbellsville, Annette Bolin and husband Steve of Campbellsville, Robert Skaggs and wife Barbara of Campbellsville, John Wesley Skaggs of Bardstown, Tammy Morgan and husband Gary of Eubank, Jerrit Skaggs and wife Teresa of Campbellsville, and Julie Ann Yates and husband Robert of Lebanon,
Twenty-three grandchildren,
A host of great and great-great-grandchildren,
And several other extended family and friends.
She was also preceded in death by:
Two sons: Ronald Lee Skaggs and Lawrence DeWayne Skaggs,
Six siblings: Nora Sprowles, Ruth Gumm, Roscoe Shofner, Herman Shofner, John Shofner & Thomas Shofner
UPDATED ARRANGEMENTS: THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY AT 11 AM AT THE L.R. PETTY FUNERAL HOME WITH BURIAL IN THE ZION CEMETERY.
VISITATION FROM 5-8 PM ON FRIDAY.
Mrs. Skaggs will be laid to rest beside her husband, and will carried there by her sons.
