February 22, 1957
Geo. A. Skipworth Laid To Rest Here Saturday

Funeral services for George Ambrose Skipworth were held last Saturday afternoon at 2:30 in the First Baptist Church of Tom Bean, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Bob Searborough. Grandsons were pallbearers. Mr. Skipworth passed away last Thursday at 5:15 at his home in Tom Bean at the age of 91. He has 102 direct descendants. Interment was in the Van Alstyne City Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife; 10 sons, John and Ed Skipworth of Van Alstyne, Cliff Skipworth of California, Bill Skipworth of Bells. Hoyt and Tom Skipworth of Whitewright, Jack and Leslie Skipworth of Tom Bean, Weldon Skipworth of Plainview and Doyle Skipworth of Sanger; one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Morrow of Raymondville; 41 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

Janie Skipworth Misses 100 Mark

TOM BEAN - Granny Skipworth, Tom Bean's oldest resident, didn't reach that 100th birthday that she was aiming at when she celebrated her 99th natal day last Jan. 1.
Mrs. Janie Upchurch Skipworth died Saturday morning in a Sherman hospital a little more than two months short of the centennial mark.
Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church here Monday at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the
Van Alstyne Cemetery with Earnheart Funeral Home in charge.
"I don't know whether I'll make 100 or not." Granny Skipworth said on her last birthday. "But then I didn't know whether I would make 41 back on my 40th birthday."
Mrs. Skipworth was the New Year's Baby in Burchville, Ky., as 1870 dawned. She and Amber Skipworth were married when she was 16 years old. They had 11 sons and one daughter, and Granny Skipworth
left 164 descendants, including 42 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-grandchildren. Her husband lived to be 91.
Active almost to her final illness, Mrs. Skipworth did the housework for her son, Leslie, with whom she made her home. That included canning garden vegetables and making jellies.
Her last trip to the hospital was second during the long life of Mrs. Skipworth. A kidney ailment put her
in the hospital for the first time back when she was 97 but she came back about as active as ever.


Van Alstyne Leader
Thursday October 30, 1969

Mrs. Fannie Skipworth

Services for Mrs. Fannie Belle Skipworth, 99, who died in a Sherman hospital at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church. She had 163 direct descendants.
Rev. David Griffin and Rev. Tom Pesnell officiated. Burial was in Van Alstyne Cemetery under direction of Earnheart Funeral Home of Whitewright.
Mrs. Skipworth was born Jan. 1879 in Burksville, Ky. She was a member of the Tom Bean Baptist Church.
Survivors include nine sons, Cliff of Sacramento, Calif., Ed of Van Alstyne, Bill of Bells, Hoyt of Pilot Grove, Doyle of Sanger, Tom of Whitewright and Jack, Weldon and Leslie of Tom Bean; one daughter, Mrs. Mearl Morrow of Raymondville; 42 grandchildren, 86 great grandchildren and 26 great-great-grandchildren.