Background
Skelton, Arch Mason was born on April 23, 1932 in Higginsville, Missouri, United States. Son of Arch Mason and Harriett Frances (Oglesby) Skelton.
Skelton, Arch Mason was born on April 23, 1932 in Higginsville, Missouri, United States. Son of Arch Mason and Harriett Frances (Oglesby) Skelton.
William Jewell College, 1950-1951. University of Missouri at Columbia (Bachelor of Arts, 1957. Juris Doctor, 1958). Phi Delta Phi.
Missouri Jackson Day Chairman, 1967-1970, 1975.
Associate Mann, Walter, Powell, Burkart & Weathers, Springfield, Missouri, 1958, Chinn & White, Springfield, 1959—1963. Partner White, Dickey & Skelton, 1964, Skelton and Bonacker, Springfield, 1965—1968. Private practice, 1969—1972, 1975—1981.
Partner Skelton and Forehand, 1973—1974. Associate Besing, Murphy & Armstrong, Professional Corporation, Dallas, from 1981. President Greene County Young Democrats, 1962.
Chairman Greene County Democratic Central Committee, 1962—1966. Member Oarak Empire council Boy Scouts American, 1962—1965. President Springfield Speech and Hearing, 1961—1965.
Chairman Jackson Day, 1967—1969, 1975. Vice president Springfield Junior Chamber of C., 1960, parliamentarian Missouri State Junior Chamber of C., 1960—1963. Served United States Army, 1953-1955.
Member of Elks, Dallas County Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, State Bar Tex, Shriners, Masons.
Married Lee Ann Hill, August 10, 1957. Children: Samuel Arch, Melinda Lee, Susan Hill.