Josephine Genton Skinnell, age 75 of York SC died November 21, 2019, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, SC.

Mrs. Skinnell was born January 26, 1944 in Cincinnati, OH to the late Stanley and Elsie Cassell Genton. She was retired from Ashland Chemical Co. Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Skinnell was the longtime Secretary and first female President of Clover Optimist Club. She was a preschool teacher at Allison Creek Presbyterian Church and taught “Godly Play” at First United Methodist Church in Clover.  She was preceded in death by her son Raymond Penn Skinnell.

She is survived by her husband of 59 years Ashby Penn Skinnell, daughters Kathy S. Collins of Chester, SC, Debbie Skinnell of York, SC and Corrie S. Lovell (Kelly) of Rock Hill, SC; twenty-two brothers and sisters, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be 2 PM, Monday, November 25, 2019, at Clover First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Alex Stevenson officiating.  Interment will be in Lakeview Memory Gardens, York.   The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 PM, Sunday at M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist, 124 Bethel St., Clover, SC 29710 or Clover Optimist Club, PO Box 199, Clover, SC 29710.

To send flowers to the family, please visit our floral store.