Ethel Darlene Skyles of Rolla, formerly of St. James passed away Tuesday evening December 13, 2022, at Cedar Pointe Nursing Home in Rolla.

Darlene Skyles was born March 19, 1947 the daughter of the late Virgil Leslie and Ethel Hays Pierce.

She is survived by two children: Linda Darlene Harrison-Gueye of Jefferson City, Mo and Lisa Gay Rosario and husband William Rosario Rivera Sr of Copperas Cove, Texas. Brothers: Grover Peirce and wife Joan of Willow Springs, Mo., and David Pierce and wife Linda of St. James, Mo. Brother-In-Law Delbert Matters and his wife Gayle of Havana, Kansas. Grandchildren Anastasia Newton and husband Benjamin and their son Ramon of El Paso, Texas, Jose' Rosario Rivera and wife Diana of Copperas, Texas and their children Ruben, Gabriella,Gabriel, Vivianne and Nikolas. Anthony Hutson and his wife Alexandra of Jefferson City, Mo., Malcolm Hutson of Jefferson City, MO., along with nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, others relatives and a host of friends.

Darlene is preceded in death by her parents, one sister Betty Jo Matters.

Darlene was an active person who was always busy. She grew up with a great love of music that she acquired while attending the Pentecostal Church. She loved going to singings at Broadway Baptist Church and other area churches. Other groups she enjoyed were the Marty Morland Group, the Covent Group on T.V., Mark Mathis and the Heart Beats and even Bluegrass Gospel. She grew up in a simpler time of life, when technology was not as prevalent and when you never got bored because her parents never let it happen. In the summer months she would do a lot of baking, and the family grew a big garden, and did a lot of canning to help with the grocery bill. Darlene always said fried fish always tasted better on the creek bank. Later in life Darlene operated Darlene's Collectibles in Rolla on Pine Street where she sold items such as Teddy Bears, collectable items and sold Avon for over 45 years. She believed the scars we get along the way will not exist in Heaven.

A Public Visitation for Darlene Skyles will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday December 16, 2022 at the Jones Funeral Home in St. James, MO.

A Private Funeral Service will be conducted at 12 noon Friday December 16, 2022 at the Jones Funeral Home in St. James, Mo., with Rev. Ron Sluder of the Rolla Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Piano music will be provided by Jane Tummons, pallbearers will be family and friends. Burial will be near the family plot at the Broadway Memorial Cemetery near St. James. Memorial may be given to the American Cancer fund or the American Liver Foundation.

On-line condolences may be entered at www.jonesfunerals.com

All arrangements are under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home in St. James, MO.