JAMES BURRIS SKIPPER

MANNING - James Burris Skipper, 79, husband of Betty Strickland Skipper, died on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at McLeod Regional Medical Center.

Born on July 11, 1941, in Marion, he was a son of the late Murray Thomas Skipper and Emma Skipper Skipper. He attended Santee Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of Manning; two daughters, Cindy Helton (John) of Manning and Sara Hanna (Darrell) of Germany; four grandchildren, J. Richard Helton III (Emma) of Alexandria, Virginia, D. Renee Hanna of Charleston, Rachel D. Fitzgerald (Josh) of Canal Winchester, Ohio, and James B. Helton (Kelsie) of Mount Pleasant; nine great-grandchildren, Adrianna, Jake, Nicholas, Joshua, Haley, Hanna, Leah, Heather and Hayes; a sister, Edna Bell Martin of Aynor; and special friend and brother-in-law, Randy Strickland of Ladson.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Revs. Eugene Mosier and Jack Todd officiating.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 1 to 2 p.m. at Stephens Funeral Home.

A private burial will be held at Carolina Memorial Gardens in North Charleston.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, www.stjude.org, or to the JMS Burn Center of Augusta, www.burncenters.com.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 435-2179, www.stephensfuneralhome.org.