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Glen Ferguson “Red” Skelton

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Glen Ferguson “Red” Skelton

Birth
Locker, San Saba County, Texas, USA
Death
4 Jan 1996 (aged 80)
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Burial
Channing, Hartley County, Texas, USA
Plot
NC B20 L63 P3
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Glen F. "Red" Skelton was born in Locker, Texas and had lived in Channing, Texas since 1931. He was inducted into the United States army on Jan 13, 1940. He served with 124th Calvary in forts up and down the Rio Grande River. Red also served in the Pacific Theater during the early days of World War II. (Australia, Trojan Islands, Goodenough Island, Noumea, New Caledonia and New Guinea). He participated in the last use of Horse Calvary in the war and was involved in a feasibility test of horses and mules in jungle warfare. He was honorably discharged on April 30, 1944 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Red played the fiddle and loved music. He worked as a cowboy, a saddlemaker, a gunsmith, operated heavy equipment, made bits, spurs, and knives. He read up on the history of the things he made. If he couldn't find a part or a tool, he made it. Friends commented that he seemed able to make anything. He said he could make almost anything except money. Once Red committed himself to something, he gave it his best.He lived what he believed. He was what he appeared to be. His word was his bond. He had a wide range of friends, treasured his friends and was loyal and faithful to them. He enjoyed their company and his friends returned it a thousandfold.

Red married Alice Easley, Dec. 27, 1945 in Raton, New Mexico.

Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Marilyn Piva, Kansas City, Missouri; two sons, Roger, Texhoma, Oklahoma and Bobby, Arlington, Texas; three brothers, Dwight, Watsonville, California, P.W., Channing, Texas and Merle, Barstow, Texas; two sisters, Mable Loyd, Conway, Arkansas, and Vera Morris, Channing, Texas; eight grandchldren and two great-grandchildren.
Glen F. "Red" Skelton was born in Locker, Texas and had lived in Channing, Texas since 1931. He was inducted into the United States army on Jan 13, 1940. He served with 124th Calvary in forts up and down the Rio Grande River. Red also served in the Pacific Theater during the early days of World War II. (Australia, Trojan Islands, Goodenough Island, Noumea, New Caledonia and New Guinea). He participated in the last use of Horse Calvary in the war and was involved in a feasibility test of horses and mules in jungle warfare. He was honorably discharged on April 30, 1944 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Red played the fiddle and loved music. He worked as a cowboy, a saddlemaker, a gunsmith, operated heavy equipment, made bits, spurs, and knives. He read up on the history of the things he made. If he couldn't find a part or a tool, he made it. Friends commented that he seemed able to make anything. He said he could make almost anything except money. Once Red committed himself to something, he gave it his best.He lived what he believed. He was what he appeared to be. His word was his bond. He had a wide range of friends, treasured his friends and was loyal and faithful to them. He enjoyed their company and his friends returned it a thousandfold.

Red married Alice Easley, Dec. 27, 1945 in Raton, New Mexico.

Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Marilyn Piva, Kansas City, Missouri; two sons, Roger, Texhoma, Oklahoma and Bobby, Arlington, Texas; three brothers, Dwight, Watsonville, California, P.W., Channing, Texas and Merle, Barstow, Texas; two sisters, Mable Loyd, Conway, Arkansas, and Vera Morris, Channing, Texas; eight grandchldren and two great-grandchildren.

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