PORTSMOUTH —Joyce Skaggs, 52, of Portsmouth, died Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at SOMC Hospice. She was born May 26, 1965 in Portsmouth to Ruth Rice Eldridge and the late Howard Eldridge Sr. She is a homemaker and a proud member of All Saints Church. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a brother, Samuel Eldridge and a sister, Sherry Hollin.

 

Joyce is survived by her husband, Charles Skaggs, two sons, Jeremy Ryan Thomas and Larry Dean Thomas, two daughters, Courtney Ruth Eldridge and Nancy Elizabeth Lynn Caudill, her mother, Ruth Eldridge, two brothers, Howard Eldridge Jr. and Rick Eldridge, four sisters, Donna Russell, Brenda Goodman, Judy Robinette, and Tammy Jiles, and 11 grandchildren.