Joyal “Joe” Skaggs, age 95, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, March 20, 2026, at his residence.
He was born Thursday, January 22, 1931, in Elliott County, Kentucky, a son of the late Elijah and May Kinster Skaggs.
Joe was a devoted husband, father, papaw and Christian. He gave his heart to the Lord and was baptized in March 1981 at Lower Rock Lick Enterprise Baptist Church in Fleming County, Kentucky. He loved sharing the love of the Lord with anyone that he came in contact with. He enjoyed going to church, singing the praises of the Lord with his family, playing his banjo, farming, gardening and spending time with his family—especially squeezing his babies.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife of 71 years, Opal Holbrook Skaggs; one daughter, Dazel Mauk; two great-grandchildren, Randy Sammons, Thomas Holbrook; two brothers, Norwood Skaggs, Willie Skaggs; one sister, Wonedia Flannery and one son-in-law, Ed Williams.
Joe is survived by two sons, Joyal Thomas Skaggs of Salt Lick, Kentucky, Glen Willie (Loretta) Skaggs of Elliott County, Kentucky; four daughters, Della Faye Williams of Richmond, Kentucky, Patricia Ann (Johnny) Holbrook of Olive Hill, Kentucky, Melissa (Jim Tom) Caudill of Morehead, Kentucky, Karen Sue (Eric) Fulcher of Prospect, Kentucky; 21 grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; one brother, Waldo Skaggs of Stark, Kentucky; four sisters, Marcella Hawes of Stark, Kentucky, Arvetta Adkins of Brown Ridge, Kentucky, Helen Williams, Lois Machen both of Augusta, Kentucky, along with many other family and friends who will sadly miss him.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at Globe Funeral Chapel, 17277 West US Hwy 60, Olive Hill, Kentucky, with Brother Ronnie Easterling, Brother Bobby Day and Brother Willie Skaggs Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Joyal Skaggs Family Cemetery in Elliott County, Kentucky.
Friends may visit from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2026 and after 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2026, until the service hour at Globe Funeral Chapel.
Joe’s grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Globe Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Joyal “Joe” Skaggs.
