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Vanette Skillin (03-01-15)
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 12:38 PM PDT
Vanette Skillin, professional ballroom dancer, manager, mom, and adoring wife, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 82 years of age.
Vanette was born in Hot Springs, Ark., on September 1, 1932, the daughter of Hazel Linam Retherford and Evander Monroe Retherford. During World War II, Vanette lived and went to school in the war relocation centers at Rohwer and Jerome, Ark. where her mother was a schoolteacher. Vanette graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C., and began a career at the department of Health, Education and Welfare. As a professional ballroom dancer, she competed, taught and performed at many functions in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1961, she married Cecil Skillin from Kenduskeag, Maine, and soon began to raise two sons in Fairfax, Va.. In the mid-1970s they moved to Florida. There Vanette worked hard to raise the boys, enjoyed new friends, and was active in the North Naples United Methodist Church. Vanette took great pride in watching their boys both graduate college and start their families and careers. Leaving Florida, Vanette and Cecil enjoyed the RV life often traveling between Laughlin, Nevada, and Valdez, Alaska. Many new life-long friends were made who also traveled the roads.
Vanette and Cecil settled down in Hoschton, near family, in 2006.
Vanette is survived by her husband of 53 years, Cecil Skillin; sisters, Diane Baker, Jan Retherford Sullivan, and Ann Retherford; sons, Bruce Skillin and Scott Skillin; and daughter in-law, Marcy Ward Skillin. Vanette’s biggest smiles were seen after the mere mention of grandchildren, Kimberly Skillin Tinney, Kristen Skillin, Sabrina Skillin, and Sam Skillin; and great-grandchildren, Harbin Tinney, Catherine Tinney, Lydia Tinney, Ella Tinney, Penelope Tinney, and Wesley Linen.
No service will be held at Vanette’s request. Vanette will be laid to rest in with family in Magnet Cove, Ark.
Remembrances can be left on Vanette’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vanette.skillin.9 .
Arrangements are by Lawson Funeral Home, Hoschton.
MainStreetNews - Obits
Vanette Skillin (03-01-15)
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 12:38 PM PDT
Vanette Skillin, professional ballroom dancer, manager, mom, and adoring wife, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 82 years of age.
Vanette was born in Hot Springs, Ark., on September 1, 1932, the daughter of Hazel Linam Retherford and Evander Monroe Retherford. During World War II, Vanette lived and went to school in the war relocation centers at Rohwer and Jerome, Ark. where her mother was a schoolteacher. Vanette graduated from Central High School in Washington, D.C., and began a career at the department of Health, Education and Welfare. As a professional ballroom dancer, she competed, taught and performed at many functions in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1961, she married Cecil Skillin from Kenduskeag, Maine, and soon began to raise two sons in Fairfax, Va.. In the mid-1970s they moved to Florida. There Vanette worked hard to raise the boys, enjoyed new friends, and was active in the North Naples United Methodist Church. Vanette took great pride in watching their boys both graduate college and start their families and careers. Leaving Florida, Vanette and Cecil enjoyed the RV life often traveling between Laughlin, Nevada, and Valdez, Alaska. Many new life-long friends were made who also traveled the roads.
Vanette and Cecil settled down in Hoschton, near family, in 2006.
Vanette is survived by her husband of 53 years, Cecil Skillin; sisters, Diane Baker, Jan Retherford Sullivan, and Ann Retherford; sons, Bruce Skillin and Scott Skillin; and daughter in-law, Marcy Ward Skillin. Vanette’s biggest smiles were seen after the mere mention of grandchildren, Kimberly Skillin Tinney, Kristen Skillin, Sabrina Skillin, and Sam Skillin; and great-grandchildren, Harbin Tinney, Catherine Tinney, Lydia Tinney, Ella Tinney, Penelope Tinney, and Wesley Linen.
No service will be held at Vanette’s request. Vanette will be laid to rest in with family in Magnet Cove, Ark.
Remembrances can be left on Vanette’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/vanette.skillin.9 .
Arrangements are by Lawson Funeral Home, Hoschton.
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