Date of birth: 14 Jul 1907
Date of death: 26 Nov 1953

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Burial Information

Section 03 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0089-04
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Elbert Sykes Rites Held On Sunday

Services were held Sunday afternoon at four o’clock from the First Methodist Church in Lexington for Elbert Sykes, 40, who died Saturday afternoon at his home from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The Rev. H. L. Smith officiated, assisted by the Rev. H. N. McKibben. Interment was in the Lexington Cemetery with Southern in charge.

Mr. Sykes was a member of the Methodist Church. At the time of his death he was engaged in the plumbing business.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Charles, Tommy and Lamar, all of Lexington; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Melton, Durant; his mother, Mrs. Mary Sykes, of Duck Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Stella Hensley, Duck Hill; Mrs. Jim Shaw, Winona; and Mrs. Janie Alldread, Winona; three brothers, Jim Sykes and Allen Sykes of Duck Hill and A. L. Sykes with the armed forces in the Philippine Islands. Also surviving is one granddaughter. Patti Lou Melton of Durant.

Parents: George Harvey Sykes Mary Roxanna Pyron Sykes Siblings: Stella B. Sykes Hensley Ada Lou Sykes William Harvey Sykes Young James Sykes Mary Jane Sykes Alldread Jennings Allen Sykes Elbert Sykes Anna Mae Sykes Blaylock Little George Sykes Rufus Lee Sykes Spouse: Mary Luma Mayo Sykes Children: Charles Elbert Sykes Thomas Harvey Sykes

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