WARD LYNN SKINNER of Edinburg/Mission, TX died January 30, 2013 at the age of 61. He joined his dad, grandfather and four uncles as a third generation funeral director at Skinner Funeral Home, now known as Skinner-Silva Funeral Homes in Edinburg and Parr. He was president of Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Edinburg. In 1975, he graduated from the Commonwealth Institute of Mortuary Science in Houston.