Sidney George Skinner

Reflection of Sidney George Skinner Being on this Earth for sixty-seven wonderful years, our Beloved Sidney George Skinner accepted his calling into Heaven and joined our Almighty Father into Paradise on Monday December 7, 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. As we feel the burden on our hearts, we can count on our Heavenly Father to protect him, and shine His love on him for eternity. A memorial service will be held for Sidney George Skinner at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Sidney George Skinner was born on October 23, 1948 to the late Calvin Skinner and Edna Strange in Brooklyn, New York. Sidney graduated from Bushwick High School in 1966 and at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the United States Army. He was Honorably Discharged on September 1, 1973. Sidney has worked for Rick's Bus Company in Hamilton, New Jersey, American President Lines, and the Trenton Fire Department in 1981. He was promoted to Captain in 1992, and retired in 2006, serving the public for a total of twenty-five years. Sidney loved traveling, photography, and spending as much time as possible with Family and Loved Ones. Sidney is joined in Heaven with his dearest Mother Edna Strange, Father Calvin Skinner, his Sister Francine Porter, Brother John Strange, his Grandfather Jule Gordon, and Great Aunt Isadore Rainey. He leaves on God's Earth his Wife Wanda Faye Skinner, Three Sons Modies Skinner, Isaiah Skinner, and Lamont Skinner, and Daughter Kim Skinner. He leaves two Sisters; Mary Ward, Elizabeth Lewis, Granddaughter Azaria Skinner, Daughter-in-law Tisha Skinner, Brother-in-law Harry Porter Sr. and Nephew Harry Porter Jr. He also leaves behind many Nieces, Nephews, Cousins, Friends and Fellow Firemen. "The Best Things in Life are the People You Love, The Places You've Seen, and the Memories You've Made along the Way."