The News & Observer
June 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 — Colonel Lloyd J. Skidmore, Jr., USAR (Retired), 750-106 Washington Street, Raleigh, died June 5, 2009.
His 31 years of active and reserve duty in the army exemplified the Revolutionary Army "citizen soldier" concept of service in the armed forces. His active duty spanned service during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and included an appointment as Deputy Director of the North Carolina Selective Service System.
He was born June 3, 1923, in Albemarle, the son of the late Lloyd J. Skidmore and the late Mattie Owen Skidmore. He was the brother of Waverly Owen Skidmore, who died from wounds received in military action in Germany in 1944, and for whom Albemarle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2908 was named in his honor.
As an infantry-trained officer, and a former counterintelligence agent, his service included assignments on active army duty as well as service in the Army Reserve.
After initially being ordered to active duty from the Army Reserve in 1943 while a student at the Georgia School of Technology, he served successively in the airborne aviation engineers, the infantry, the Adjutant General Corps, and the military intelligence service. His overseas duty included posts in Europe, Korea, Japan, and other stations in the Far East. After landing on Omaha Beach in France in 1944, he participated in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland in Eastern Germany.
Following his release from active duty in 1945 he re-entered the Army Reserve and continued his education at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He graduated in 1948 from Emory University. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
In 1951 as an Army counterintelligence agent he was recalled from the reserves and was ordered to active duty in Korea for intelligence service in the United Nations Organization. In 1955 he was released from active duty and returned to the military intelligence reserves. In 1958 he was transferred to the North Carolina Army National Guard and was assigned to the United States Selective Service System, in which he subsequently was promoted to Deputy State Director. He retired as a colonel in 1976.
His decorations include The Legion of Merit, awarded by President Gerald R. Ford for exceptionally outstanding accomplishments during the Vietnam War, the European Service Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Korean Service Medal, the US Army Commendation Medal, the United Nations Medal, and the North Carolina Meritorious Medal. In 1968 he was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for outstanding military and civilian achievement.
Activities during his youth included membership in the Boy Scouts of America, in which he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
As a "citizen soldier" between "in and out" periods of wartime military service, his civilian occupations included positions such as news reporter for The Atlanta Constitution, district executive of Boy Scouts of America, Modesto, California, and North Carolina general agent for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company. For eight years, he was business administrator of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, where he also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Church School teacher, and Church School Superintendent. He also served two terms as Vice Chairman of the Council of Orange Presbytery.
His volunteer civic activities included membership on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Wake County, Scoutmaster of Troop 5 of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and district commissioner of Oconeechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was president of the former Medical Research Foundation of North Carolina, a United Way agency that provided basic funds for basic medical research at the medical schools of Wake Forest University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina. For nine years he was secretary-treasurer of Milburnie Fishing Club. He was a former member of the Raleigh Kiwanis Club.
He is preceded in death by his wife, the former Cynthia Inez Brown of Warthen, Georgia, and his son, Lloyd J. Skidmore, III. He is survived by his two daughters, Susan Brown Skidmore and Elizabeth (Cissy) Skidmore Bodenstine, both of Raleigh; son-in-law, Thomas R. Bodenstine of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Elizabeth (Annie) Bodenstine, Hugh Bodenstine, and James Skidmore Bodenstine, all of Raleigh; and one great-grandchild, Natalie Bodenstine, of Raleigh.
The family would like to express their deep appreciation to Hospice of Wake County, and to Mary Whitley and Marselline A' Holley with Maxim Healthcare.
The Celebration of Life Service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at First Presbyterian Church. Full military honors followed the service. The family received friends in the Baucom Parlor prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605 or to First Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Contributor: Sarah Locklin Taylor (46921363) • [email protected]
June 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 — Colonel Lloyd J. Skidmore, Jr., USAR (Retired), 750-106 Washington Street, Raleigh, died June 5, 2009.
His 31 years of active and reserve duty in the army exemplified the Revolutionary Army "citizen soldier" concept of service in the armed forces. His active duty spanned service during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and included an appointment as Deputy Director of the North Carolina Selective Service System.
He was born June 3, 1923, in Albemarle, the son of the late Lloyd J. Skidmore and the late Mattie Owen Skidmore. He was the brother of Waverly Owen Skidmore, who died from wounds received in military action in Germany in 1944, and for whom Albemarle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2908 was named in his honor.
As an infantry-trained officer, and a former counterintelligence agent, his service included assignments on active army duty as well as service in the Army Reserve.
After initially being ordered to active duty from the Army Reserve in 1943 while a student at the Georgia School of Technology, he served successively in the airborne aviation engineers, the infantry, the Adjutant General Corps, and the military intelligence service. His overseas duty included posts in Europe, Korea, Japan, and other stations in the Far East. After landing on Omaha Beach in France in 1944, he participated in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland in Eastern Germany.
Following his release from active duty in 1945 he re-entered the Army Reserve and continued his education at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He graduated in 1948 from Emory University. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
In 1951 as an Army counterintelligence agent he was recalled from the reserves and was ordered to active duty in Korea for intelligence service in the United Nations Organization. In 1955 he was released from active duty and returned to the military intelligence reserves. In 1958 he was transferred to the North Carolina Army National Guard and was assigned to the United States Selective Service System, in which he subsequently was promoted to Deputy State Director. He retired as a colonel in 1976.
His decorations include The Legion of Merit, awarded by President Gerald R. Ford for exceptionally outstanding accomplishments during the Vietnam War, the European Service Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Korean Service Medal, the US Army Commendation Medal, the United Nations Medal, and the North Carolina Meritorious Medal. In 1968 he was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for outstanding military and civilian achievement.
Activities during his youth included membership in the Boy Scouts of America, in which he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
As a "citizen soldier" between "in and out" periods of wartime military service, his civilian occupations included positions such as news reporter for The Atlanta Constitution, district executive of Boy Scouts of America, Modesto, California, and North Carolina general agent for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company. For eight years, he was business administrator of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, where he also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Church School teacher, and Church School Superintendent. He also served two terms as Vice Chairman of the Council of Orange Presbytery.
His volunteer civic activities included membership on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Wake County, Scoutmaster of Troop 5 of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and district commissioner of Oconeechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was president of the former Medical Research Foundation of North Carolina, a United Way agency that provided basic funds for basic medical research at the medical schools of Wake Forest University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina. For nine years he was secretary-treasurer of Milburnie Fishing Club. He was a former member of the Raleigh Kiwanis Club.
He is preceded in death by his wife, the former Cynthia Inez Brown of Warthen, Georgia, and his son, Lloyd J. Skidmore, III. He is survived by his two daughters, Susan Brown Skidmore and Elizabeth (Cissy) Skidmore Bodenstine, both of Raleigh; son-in-law, Thomas R. Bodenstine of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Elizabeth (Annie) Bodenstine, Hugh Bodenstine, and James Skidmore Bodenstine, all of Raleigh; and one great-grandchild, Natalie Bodenstine, of Raleigh.
The family would like to express their deep appreciation to Hospice of Wake County, and to Mary Whitley and Marselline A' Holley with Maxim Healthcare.
The Celebration of Life Service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at First Presbyterian Church. Full military honors followed the service. The family received friends in the Baucom Parlor prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605 or to First Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Contributor: Sarah Locklin Taylor (46921363) • [email protected]
The News & Observer
June 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 — Colonel Lloyd J. Skidmore, Jr., USAR (Retired), 750-106 Washington Street, Raleigh, died June 5, 2009.
His 31 years of active and reserve duty in the army exemplified the Revolutionary Army "citizen soldier" concept of service in the armed forces. His active duty spanned service during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and included an appointment as Deputy Director of the North Carolina Selective Service System.
He was born June 3, 1923, in Albemarle, the son of the late Lloyd J. Skidmore and the late Mattie Owen Skidmore. He was the brother of Waverly Owen Skidmore, who died from wounds received in military action in Germany in 1944, and for whom Albemarle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2908 was named in his honor.
As an infantry-trained officer, and a former counterintelligence agent, his service included assignments on active army duty as well as service in the Army Reserve.
After initially being ordered to active duty from the Army Reserve in 1943 while a student at the Georgia School of Technology, he served successively in the airborne aviation engineers, the infantry, the Adjutant General Corps, and the military intelligence service. His overseas duty included posts in Europe, Korea, Japan, and other stations in the Far East. After landing on Omaha Beach in France in 1944, he participated in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland in Eastern Germany.
Following his release from active duty in 1945 he re-entered the Army Reserve and continued his education at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He graduated in 1948 from Emory University. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
In 1951 as an Army counterintelligence agent he was recalled from the reserves and was ordered to active duty in Korea for intelligence service in the United Nations Organization. In 1955 he was released from active duty and returned to the military intelligence reserves. In 1958 he was transferred to the North Carolina Army National Guard and was assigned to the United States Selective Service System, in which he subsequently was promoted to Deputy State Director. He retired as a colonel in 1976.
His decorations include The Legion of Merit, awarded by President Gerald R. Ford for exceptionally outstanding accomplishments during the Vietnam War, the European Service Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Korean Service Medal, the US Army Commendation Medal, the United Nations Medal, and the North Carolina Meritorious Medal. In 1968 he was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for outstanding military and civilian achievement.
Activities during his youth included membership in the Boy Scouts of America, in which he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
As a "citizen soldier" between "in and out" periods of wartime military service, his civilian occupations included positions such as news reporter for The Atlanta Constitution, district executive of Boy Scouts of America, Modesto, California, and North Carolina general agent for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company. For eight years, he was business administrator of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, where he also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Church School teacher, and Church School Superintendent. He also served two terms as Vice Chairman of the Council of Orange Presbytery.
His volunteer civic activities included membership on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Wake County, Scoutmaster of Troop 5 of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and district commissioner of Oconeechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was president of the former Medical Research Foundation of North Carolina, a United Way agency that provided basic funds for basic medical research at the medical schools of Wake Forest University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina. For nine years he was secretary-treasurer of Milburnie Fishing Club. He was a former member of the Raleigh Kiwanis Club.
He is preceded in death by his wife, the former Cynthia Inez Brown of Warthen, Georgia, and his son, Lloyd J. Skidmore, III. He is survived by his two daughters, Susan Brown Skidmore and Elizabeth (Cissy) Skidmore Bodenstine, both of Raleigh; son-in-law, Thomas R. Bodenstine of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Elizabeth (Annie) Bodenstine, Hugh Bodenstine, and James Skidmore Bodenstine, all of Raleigh; and one great-grandchild, Natalie Bodenstine, of Raleigh.
The family would like to express their deep appreciation to Hospice of Wake County, and to Mary Whitley and Marselline A' Holley with Maxim Healthcare.
The Celebration of Life Service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at First Presbyterian Church. Full military honors followed the service. The family received friends in the Baucom Parlor prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605 or to First Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Contributor: Sarah Locklin Taylor (46921363) • [email protected]
June 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 — Colonel Lloyd J. Skidmore, Jr., USAR (Retired), 750-106 Washington Street, Raleigh, died June 5, 2009.
His 31 years of active and reserve duty in the army exemplified the Revolutionary Army "citizen soldier" concept of service in the armed forces. His active duty spanned service during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and included an appointment as Deputy Director of the North Carolina Selective Service System.
He was born June 3, 1923, in Albemarle, the son of the late Lloyd J. Skidmore and the late Mattie Owen Skidmore. He was the brother of Waverly Owen Skidmore, who died from wounds received in military action in Germany in 1944, and for whom Albemarle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2908 was named in his honor.
As an infantry-trained officer, and a former counterintelligence agent, his service included assignments on active army duty as well as service in the Army Reserve.
After initially being ordered to active duty from the Army Reserve in 1943 while a student at the Georgia School of Technology, he served successively in the airborne aviation engineers, the infantry, the Adjutant General Corps, and the military intelligence service. His overseas duty included posts in Europe, Korea, Japan, and other stations in the Far East. After landing on Omaha Beach in France in 1944, he participated in the battles of Normandy, Northern France, and the Rhineland in Eastern Germany.
Following his release from active duty in 1945 he re-entered the Army Reserve and continued his education at Georgia Tech and Emory University. He graduated in 1948 from Emory University. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
In 1951 as an Army counterintelligence agent he was recalled from the reserves and was ordered to active duty in Korea for intelligence service in the United Nations Organization. In 1955 he was released from active duty and returned to the military intelligence reserves. In 1958 he was transferred to the North Carolina Army National Guard and was assigned to the United States Selective Service System, in which he subsequently was promoted to Deputy State Director. He retired as a colonel in 1976.
His decorations include The Legion of Merit, awarded by President Gerald R. Ford for exceptionally outstanding accomplishments during the Vietnam War, the European Service Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Korean Service Medal, the US Army Commendation Medal, the United Nations Medal, and the North Carolina Meritorious Medal. In 1968 he was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for outstanding military and civilian achievement.
Activities during his youth included membership in the Boy Scouts of America, in which he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
As a "citizen soldier" between "in and out" periods of wartime military service, his civilian occupations included positions such as news reporter for The Atlanta Constitution, district executive of Boy Scouts of America, Modesto, California, and North Carolina general agent for the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company. For eight years, he was business administrator of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, where he also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Church School teacher, and Church School Superintendent. He also served two terms as Vice Chairman of the Council of Orange Presbytery.
His volunteer civic activities included membership on the Board of Directors of Hospice of Wake County, Scoutmaster of Troop 5 of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, and district commissioner of Oconeechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was president of the former Medical Research Foundation of North Carolina, a United Way agency that provided basic funds for basic medical research at the medical schools of Wake Forest University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina. For nine years he was secretary-treasurer of Milburnie Fishing Club. He was a former member of the Raleigh Kiwanis Club.
He is preceded in death by his wife, the former Cynthia Inez Brown of Warthen, Georgia, and his son, Lloyd J. Skidmore, III. He is survived by his two daughters, Susan Brown Skidmore and Elizabeth (Cissy) Skidmore Bodenstine, both of Raleigh; son-in-law, Thomas R. Bodenstine of Raleigh; three grandchildren, Elizabeth (Annie) Bodenstine, Hugh Bodenstine, and James Skidmore Bodenstine, all of Raleigh; and one great-grandchild, Natalie Bodenstine, of Raleigh.
The family would like to express their deep appreciation to Hospice of Wake County, and to Mary Whitley and Marselline A' Holley with Maxim Healthcare.
The Celebration of Life Service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 8 at First Presbyterian Church. Full military honors followed the service. The family received friends in the Baucom Parlor prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's St., Raleigh, NC 27605 or to First Presbyterian Church, 120 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
Contributor: Sarah Locklin Taylor (46921363) • [email protected]
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