Brenda Josephine Hoskins, age 80 and resident of McLeansboro, IL, passed away at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2023 at McLeansboro Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, McLeansboro. She was the first born of three children (Brenda, Judy (Webb) and Gale Beachum) to Deborah Angeline and Paul Dewain Beachum on October 26, 1942. She was a descendant of the Original Tucker clan from Dale, IL. Brenda loved being the matriarch of the family. She married Maxie K. Reed and they had two children, Jeffrey K. Reed (Debbie) and Audrey Pauline Skropka. Jeff and Audrey blessed her and Maxie with four grandchildren; Stacy Lynn, Lindsey Brook, Angela Rosalie, and Jeffrey Brent along with five Great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She married a second time, her last, to Marvin Howard Hoskins, who preceded her in death. They shared two kids, Craig and Angie, along with five grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents and Husband. Brenda worked a
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