Collett Woodrow Skeen

1922 - 1950  (27 years)

• Name	Collett Woodrow Skeen
  Born	12 Nov 1922	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Aug 1950	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945 Name: Collet Woodrow Skeen Rank: AM 1st Class Branch: United States Navy Birth Date: 11 Nov 1923 Service Date: Jan 1941 Parents: Mr & Mrs. Grover C. Skeen, Ripley, WV State: West Virginia County: Jackson Served: Norfolk, VA; Atlantic; South Pacifid. Attended Van HS; protestant U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Name: Collet Woodrow Skeen Birth Date: 12 Nov 1922 Death Date: 27 Aug 1950 Cemetery: Goshen Cemetery Cemetery Location: Ripley, West Virginia Enlistment Date: 1/28/1941 Discharge Date: 2/3/1947 Rank: 1st Class Petty Officer Uss Sangamon, US Navy Applicant: Grover C. Skeen Collett Woodrow Skeen Birth: Nov. 12, 1922 Jackson County West Virginia, USA Death: Aug. 27, 1950 Lockhart Jackson County West Virginia, USA Charleston Daily Mail Aug 27, 1950 Sun Ripley Student Dies In Crash Charleston Man Escapes Injury RIPLEY (AP) - An automobile accident early Saturday killed a 27-year-old West Virginia university law student, Collet Woodrow Skeen of Ripley. State Police Cpl. C. W. Dye said Skeen was the driver of a car which went over an embankment on Limestone Hill, along U. S. Rt. 21 near the Wood-Wirt county line. Skeen and a passenger, Herbert F. Parsons, 28, of Charleston, were returning from Friday night's Little Kanawha bowl football game in Parkersburg. Parsons was treated by a Ripley physician, but was not hurt seriously enough to be hospitalized. Skeen would have begun his final year in law school this fall. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Skeen of Ripley. Family links: Parents: Grover Cleveland Skeen (1893 - 1985) Sarah Elizabeth Winters Skeen (1899 - 1991) Sibling: Collett Woodrow Skeen (1922 - 1950) Eva Skeen Chancey (1925 - 2014)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Goshen Cemetery Kentuck Jackson County West Virginia, USA Created by: Pj Record added: May 01, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 109825150
  Person ID	I109621	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Grover Cleveland Skeen,   b. 13 Mar 1893, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 May 1985  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Winter,   b. 22 May 1899, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 4 May 1991  (Age 91 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1921	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 12/28/1921 at Plum Orchard Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States Grover C Skeen, 28, Jackson Co, Belgrove Sarah E Winter, 22, Jackson Co, Plum Orchard 1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV Skeen, Grover 36 nd age 26 WV WV WV Sarah wife 31 md age 21 WV WV WV Woodrow son 8 WV WV WV Eva da 5 WV WV WV Virginia da 2 3/12 WVWV WV
  Family ID	F27861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S923] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.