Eva Faye Skaggs the daughter of Robert James Wallace and Sylvia Lorene Breshears Wallace was born May 22, 1941 in Ava, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 16, 2007 at the age of 66 years 5 months and 24 days.

Eva was a life long resident of the area. Eva and Cleo Jackson (Jack) Skaggs were united in marriage in Mansfield, Missouri. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Eva enjoyed sewing, jig and two-step dancing, music parties and spending time with her family.

Eva was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Jim and Glenn Wallace, and one grandson, Howard Scott French. She survived by her husband, Cleo Jackson (Jack) Skaggs, of the home, Mansfield, MO, two sons, four daughters, two step-daughters and one step-son, Don and Ruth Wallace, , Albert Aborn, Debora Aborn, all of Mansfield, MO, Evelyn Dollarhide, Ava, MO, Susie and Ronnie Dollarhide, Mansfield, MO, Mary and Franklin French, Mansfield, MO, Deborah and Dennis Skaggs, , David and Stephanie Skaggs, Danny and Patricia Skaggs, all of Cabool, MO, 19 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, 11 great-great grandchildren, two nephews, Ronnie Wallace, Mansfield, MO, Bob Wallace, Rockport, MO, two sisters, Helen and Bill Ward of Mansfield, Jean and Red Esinhart, of Seligman and one brother, Tommy Parks, of Seligman and a host of other relatives and friends.

Services will be Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, MO with the Rev. Gary Stigall officiating. Interment will follow in the Ava Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday 6 to 7 P.M. in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.