Skipper, Bette 

KILGORE -- Services for Bette Skipper, 84, of Kilgore, will be 10 a.m., Monday, 
June 5, 2006, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. William J. 
Ingersoll and the Rev. Roberta Dodds Ingersoll officiating. Burial will follow 
in Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Skipper died Friday, June 2, 2006, in Tyler. She was 
born September 17, 1921, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Her family moved to Longview, 
Texas, where she graduated high school. Bette Thomson married Jack Skipper on 
March 9, 1944. They moved to Kilgore in 1945. She was a member of the First 
Presbyterian Church, the Samuel Dinks Chapter of the DAR, the Colonial Dames 
and the Ladies Golf Association of Meadowbrook Country Club. She loved to meet 
and greet her many friends and family. Mrs. Skipper is survived by her son and 
daughter-in-law, Scott and Kellye Skipper of Longview; grandchildren, Kelli 
Kruse of Longview, J.T. Skipper of Kilgore, Cody Skipper of Dallas, and Lauren 
Skipper of Longview; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death 
by her husband, Jack Skipper; a son, Jack T. "Bud" Skipper; a daughter, Sharon 
Kruse; and a granddaughter, Courtney Kruse Smith. The family will receive friends 
at the Skipper home in Kilgore. Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan G. 
Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, Texas 75244, 
or the East Texas Treatment Center, 1200 Dudley Road, Kilgore, Texas 75662. Please 
leave online condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/4/2006.