December 24, 1945 ~ October 12, 2022

In the evening hours of October 12, 2022, Dessie Nell Skelton left this earthly world at Maury Regional Medical Center at the age of 76. Dessie was born in Lawrence County on December 24, 1945, to the late Elvie and Mary McClain Staggs.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Albert Skelton Jr; daughter Anita Jones and her husband Larry; siblings Monnie Staggs, Betty Mayberry, James Staggs, Cletus Staggs, Curtis Staggs, and an infant sibling; and her first husband James Walker.

She made her career working for the State Hi...