Skeen Funeral Home

12/21/2025

On behalf of everyone at Skeen Funeral Home, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Taylor Family for allowing us to serve you during this difficult time. It is an honor to assist you and your loved ones, and we hope that our services will provide some comfort and support.
Please know that our thoughts are with you, and we are here for you if you need anything further.
With sincere thanks,
The Staff at Skeen Funeral Home

12/21/2025

Cherry Lois Taylor
Mrs. Cherry Lois Taylor passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at Troy Regional Medical Center. She was 80. Skeen Funeral Home will be assisting the Taylor family with a simple cremation. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Taylor was born Wednesday, July 18, 1945, in Pike County to the late Clayton and Annie Lois Sykes. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Lynne Oakes; two grandchildren, BJ Mancil and Brandy Mancil; two brothers, Bill Sykes and Clayton Dale Sykes. She is survived by a daughter, Jessica (Jonathan) Sanders; a son, Jerry Mancil Jr.; nine grandchildren: Jon-Dawson Sanders, Jacealyn Sanders, Jordyn Sanders, Summer Mancil, Tony Mancil, Jerry Mancil III, Paul Shiver, Kendale Oakes, and David Oakes; two sisters, Bobbie Lena D***s and Martha Jane Casher; numerous great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren.

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12/14/2025

On behalf of everyone at Skeen Funeral Home, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Brown Family for allowing us to serve you during this difficult time. It is an honor to assist you and your loved ones, and we hope that our services will provide some comfort and support.
Please know that our thoughts are with you, and we are here for you if you need anything further.
With sincere thanks,
The Staff at Skeen Funeral Home

12/14/2025

Jerry “Brown Mule” Bradley Brown, born January 26, 1945, passed away peacefully at his home on December 10, 2025. He was retired from the Alabama State Highway Department. In his retirement years, he enjoyed attending field trails and selling his homemade tack. He had a Missouri Fox Trotter that he treasured about as much as his family. Up until the date of his death, his passions were horses and family.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 11 a.m. at Skeen Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Gatlin officiating. Burial will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Banks, AL with Skeen Funeral Home of Troy directing. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral.

Pallbearers include Alan “Lucky” Brown, Frankie Madsen, Mark Dailey, Jeremy Tyus, Jerry James and Austin Edwards. Honorary pallbearers are his dear friend Roger L’Ecuyer, Jeremy “Spur” Brown, Junior Anderson, Caysen Brown, Levi Madsen and Lawson Madsen.

Jerry is preceded in death by his parents Bradley and Eloise Brown of Banks, AL, his beloved wife of 30 years Donna Lea Brown, and two stepchildren, Deena Newman and Jen Newman.

He is survived by his two sons, Barclay (Lisa) Brown of Centreville, AL and Brad (Kerri) Brown of Randolph, AL; one brother: Charles (Diane) Brown of Banks, AL; three grandchildren, Britni Brown, Jeremy (Summer) Brown, and Devan (Frankie) Madsen, and 11 great grandchildren; one nephew: Greg (Renee) Brown of Banks, AL.

12/13/2025

A fitting tribute for Jerry “Brown Mule” Brown. 

12/13/2025

Thank you to the Troy Police Department for going above and beyond to make sure the Brown family made it safely to the cemetery to bury their loved one. They went just beyond the city limits to ensure safety for this family. The sheriffs department was tied up with other calls.

12/09/2025

On behalf of everyone at Skeen Funeral Home, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Edgil Family for allowing us to serve you during this difficult time. It is an honor to assist you and your loved ones, and we hope that our services will provide some comfort and support.
Please know that our thoughts are with you, and we are here for you if you need anything further.
With sincere thanks,
The Staff at Skeen Funeral Home

12/09/2025

Infant Bailee Ann Edgil Obituary
Infant Bailee Ann Edgil passed away October 23, 2025 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL. The staff at Skeen Funeral Home will be assisting the Edgil family with a simple cremation. She is survived by her parents, Bobby Edgil and Jada Sheppard, Troy; sister, Esmea Marie Sheppard; two brothers, Israel Matthew Doster and Emerson Noel Doster; grandfather, Joseph Walter Sheppard, and a grandmother, Judith Ann Edgil.

12/06/2025

Donald Richard Penn of Troy, AL passed away Friday, December 5, 2025, at Noland Hospital in Dothan, AL. He was 75. The staff at Skeen Funeral Home will be assisting the Penn family with a simple cremation. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

12/06/2025

On behalf of everyone at Skeen Funeral Home, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Catrett Family for allowing us to serve you during this difficult time. It is an honor to assist you and your loved ones, and we hope that our services will provide some comfort and support.
Please know that our thoughts are with you, and we are here for you if you need anything further.
With sincere thanks,
The Staff at Skeen Funeral Home

12/06/2025

Timothy Wade Catrett of Troy, AL, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025, at Spain Rehabilitation Center in Birmingham, AL. He was 70. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Skeen Funeral Home Chapel with Minister John Dickinson officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. until time of service. Mr. Timothy Catrett was born in Grady, AL, to the late Daniel Marvin Catrett and Annie Kathryn Sullivan Catrett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Catrett, brother, Joe Catrett, and two sisters, Bonnie Williams and Joyce Catrett. He is survived by three sons, Wade (Stephanie) Catrett of Tallapoosa, GA, Benjamin (Kylee) Catrett of Troy, AL, and Christopher (Ashley) Humphrey of Montgomery, AL; two grandchildren, Kris Catrett of New Zealand and Kaden Catrett of Tallapoosa; three brothers, Bobby (Pauline) Catrett, Wayne (Marilyn) Catrett, and Jim Catrett; a sister, Lucy (James) Register.

11/15/2025

On behalf of everyone at Skeen Funeral Home, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Grace Family for allowing us to serve you during this difficult time. It is an honor to assist you and your loved ones, and we hope that our services will provide some comfort and support.
Please know that our thoughts are with you, and we are here for you if you need anything further.
With sincere thanks,
The Staff at Skeen Funeral Home