Mr. Rocky Skeen

Celebration of life service for Mr. Rocky Skeen, 54, of Henderson, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 14, 2024 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Jason Taylor officiating. Interment will follow at Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home of Henderson. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 13, 2024 at the funeral home. Rocky Neil Skeen died October 8, 2024 at Houston, Texas. Rocky was born in Alvin, Texas on October 24, 1969, where he lived his childhood before moving to Henderson, where he would live for the rest of his life. He worked in different jobs during his life, but his favorite job was being a rancher and farmer. Rocky was the self-proclaimed city boy with the country accent. He was a man that loved fiercely both his friends and his family. He had gone through losses at an early age that left him with the knowledge that time is precious and that love must be shown in the present. Though he seemed intimidating with his tall frame, wide shoulders, and deep, loud voice, hidden inside was a heart of gentleness and love. Rocky never had to be asked for help, because he always offered before he could be asked. He always wanted to help others, to lighten their burden. Those who knew Rocky knew that heart and cherished that spirit in him. Rocky in recent times had grown into someone that showed that heart openly. He was so grateful for his time with his family and friends. He found joy in every day. When he learned he was going to be a candidate for a liver transplant, he couldn’t contain that joy and planned and dreamed a million dreams of what he wanted to do if he got the liver he hoped to receive. The God Rocky had come to know and love had other plans for this dreamer, however, and took him home to be free of pain sooner than expected. There can be no bitterness in this for those of us left behind, because now he doesn’t have to wait and hope for a day to be pain-free. Rocky is, at last home and healthy, with those he loved and had lost, waiting and watching for those of us here, until we join him again. And what a party we all will have. Though Rocky had known God for a long time, at the end he was Baptized at St. Luke’s hospital. A sister at the hospital had come to see him and prayed with him. She told him he was named after Peter, the Apostle, whose name meant “rock,” and Rocky loved that. When he was baptized, he was given a baptismal name of Peter Rocky, Peter “the Rock,” the sister said to him. She told him that his namesake, Peter, held the keys to the gates of Heaven and would be there to greet him with the gates open wide, and he would enter in as a child of God. There he will rest happy, healthy, and in peace until he sees one of us coming, and before we ever see him, we will hear that loud, deep voice calling to us, and then find those long, strong arms open to hug us before he takes us to show us around on the way to introduce us to his friend, Jesus. Rocky was preceded in death by his father and mother, Wilbur Jack and Sammie Joe Skeen, brothers Nick Glynn and Ashby Hope Skeen, and brother-in-law Tommy Crook. Survivors include wife, Rhonda Houston Skeen; son Rocky Neil Skeen, Jr., and wife, Viv; son Ashby Winchester Skeen; sister Jo Lynn Taylor and husband Brad; sister Jill Mary Crook; brother Jack Chris Skeen and wife Vivi; brother John Mathew; nephew Jack Boyce Taylor; nephew Nick Skeen and wife, Robin; niece Dallas Tommy West and husband, Taylor; niece Nicole Taylor; niece Brooke Skeen; and the three grandchildren and many great-nieces and great-nephews that he loved so dearly. Pallbearers will be Michael Browning, Brett Derveloy, Clay Ellis, Zylan Ellis, Robert Fillips, Andrew Moncada, and Seth Wakefield. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province, 5250 Gasmer Drive, Houston, Texas 77035. For those unable to attend the service, Rocky's celebration of life will be livestreamed on the Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home website. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Mr. Rocky Skeen

October 24, 1969 - October 8, 2024