Kathy Skaggs, age 60
Kathy Cheryl Skaggs, age 60, of Taylor County died Monday, October 10, 2016, at her residence.
Kathy was born March 21, 1956 in Taylor County to Charles W. and Frances Beams Skaggs. A published author, she enjoyed writing poetry. She received her law degree from New York University and was a communications specialist for the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence and a member of Otter Creek Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons and their spouses, Jacob and Lynette Gibson of Mississippi and Nathan and Vrushali Gibson of Oregon. Three grandchildren, William, Kiran, and Naveen Gibson also survive along with her mother, Frances Beams Skaggs of Taylor County and one sister Karen Skaggs of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, October 14, 2016, at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Beams Cemetery.
The family request visitation from 5 to 8 P.M. Thursday at the Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be left at lyondewittberry.com
