Marie T. Skipper, a native of Berry, AL and a longtime resident of Mobile, died on Monday. She was a 1943 graduate of Berry High School. She was a graduate of the University of Montevallo and Peabody College in Nashville. Mrs. Skipper was a Supervisor with the Mobile Public Library for over 35 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel Andrew Thornton and Annie Waldrop Thornton, her husband Col. Curtis Skipper and brother, Samuel Lee Thornton. She is survived by her son, Cameron Skipper and other relatives. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019 in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Visitation will start at 11:15 am Saturday at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Mobile Public Library, Att. Amber Guy, 700 Government St., Mobile, AL 36602-1403 or The University of Montevallo in memory of Marie Skipper to UM Foundation, 75 College Dr. Station 6215, Montevallo, AL 35115.
1925-2019
A graveside service will be held at 12pm on Saturday, 06/22/2019.
