Nora “Ann” Gooch Skidmore, 80, Sheffield, passed away surrounded by family on Thursday, March 13, 2025. Visitation will be Sunday, March 16, from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. at Tuscumbia Church of Christ. The funeral service will immediately follow at the church with Larry Kilpatrick and Paul Haley officiating. Interment will be in Colbert Memorial Gardens, Tuscumbia.
Ann was a member of Tuscumbia Church of Christ. She retired from Helen Keller Hospital enjoying her time in the x-ray department as a darkroom tech. Her passion was to share the Gospel with others and minister to their needs. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-two years, Bobby Skidmore; parents, Buford and Jennie Holt Gooch; siblings, Jane Gooch Gray, Buford “Buddy” Gooch, and Linda Gooch West.
Ann is survived by her children, Steve Skidmore (Philecia) and Pam Lenz (Terry); grandchildren, Jana Faires (Jason), William Lenz (Destin), and Caleb Lenz; and great-grandchildren, Kaylee Lawson, Kailyn Lenz, Kayden Faires, and Nathan Lenz.
Pallbearers will be Steve Skidmore, Terry Lenz, Caleb Lenz, William Lenz, Jason Faires, and Bogdan Ryaboshapka.
The family offers special thanks to those that took special care of Ann during her cancer battle: “The Best Neighbors in the World” – Alan and Melinda McVay; Dr. Brad McAnalley; Dr. Larry Stutts and Colbert OB/GYN; Dr. Peter Johnson and the Heart Center; Clearview Cancer Institute; Enhabit Home Health, especially Kimberly Warren; friends at Shoals Pharmacy; numerous servants from Hospice of North Alabama, especially Nancy; Carolyn and Tannie from Brother’s Keeper Companion Care; and Sherry Sutton with NACOLG.
