Dessie M.

Skaggs

Dessie M. Skaggs daughter of the late Edith Dace Chitwood and Sterling P. Chitwood was born in Quizzville Hollow, in Shannon County, Missouri, on March 3, 1921. She departed this life at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, on June 24, 2009, having attained the age of 88 years, three months and 21 days.

Dessie was united in marriage to Ernie Skaggs and to this loving union six children were born, he preceded her in death. Dessie was retired from Brown Shoe Company and World Color Press. She was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Kell, Illinois, and a former member of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Ellington.

Dessie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two grandsons, Gregory and Matthew, six brothers, Clyde, Gerald, Ben, Cecil, Sterling Jr., and Joseph Chitwood, two sisters, Zelpha and Daisy.

Dessie is survived by three daughters, Betty Voyles of Kell, IL, Barbara Holland of Marion, IL, Valerie Lyons and husband Richard of Salem, IL, three sons, Daniel Skaggs and wife Dorothy of Kell, IL, Samuel Skaggs and wife Karen of Nashville, TN, Jeffrey Skaggs and wife Annie of Sanford, NC, three sisters, Wilma Finley of St. Louis, Pauline Hampton and husband Ted McCarty of St. Louis, and Maudeline Burns of Ellington, 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Dessie will be deeply missed by her family and many friends who will mourn her passing.

Visitation: Saturday 10 A.M. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Funeral Services: Saturday June 27, 2009 at 12:00 P.M. at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

Minister: John Son

Burial: Pumpkin Hollow Cemetery

Pallbearers:Vernon Pape, Anthony Heavener, Darren Pape, Phillip Skaggs, Brad Skaggs, Chad Bruge.

Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc. Ellington, Missouri