Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
2:37 pm Saturday, February 13, 2016

Emily Ann Skidmore

February 13, 2016

Emily Ann Skidmore, 32, passed away Feb. 13 at ECM Hospital. She was born in Tupelo, Miss., and was an RN working with Home Health as a certified coder.

Services were Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 2 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, with Bro. Nick Woods officiating. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens, Russellville.

Survivors are her husband, Tyler Skidmore, of Russellville; her mother, Linda Lewey and husband Hugh Scott, and her father, Horace Lewey and wife Pam, all of Russellville; her sister, Amy Oliver and husband Brandon, of Russellville; niece, Caitlyn Oliver; godson, James Ryder “J.R.” King; step-brother, Jon Pruitt and his son, Blake; father and mother-in-law, Rickey and Pam Skidmore; and countless friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ray and Agnes Townsend and Oscar and Gladys Lewey.

Pallbearers were Rickey Skidmore, Brandon Oliver, Heath King, Robby Entrekin, Kelly Bragwell and Jon Pruitt.

Visitation was Feb. 16 at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay.

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