Lyra Skinner Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Lyra Skinner (Cleveland, Tennessee), who passed away, on August 9, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Lyra Skinner to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Spencer Pounds and Era Hart Pounds; her husband Vernon Skinner; and her siblings, Nelson Pounds, Dura Carter, Bernice Whitman and L. D. Pounds.
She is survived by: her children, Terry Skinner (Carolyn) of Cleveland, TN, Janet Davis of Cleveland, TN, Jennifer Phillips of Cleveland, TN, Karen Skinner of Knoxville, TN and Melinda Tripp of Cleveland, TN.; and her grandchildren, Brent Douglas, Kellye Fryar, Ryan Davis, Amanda Trew, Whitney Russell, Andrew Merriman, Lindsay Fox and Zackery Tripp.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Building Fund of Bellefounte Baptist Church in Cleveland.
