Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
SYKES, BILLIE LOU
A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was 67 and a native of Newton, Miss. Visiting was at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. Visiting at the funeral home chapel, 11 a.m. until religious services at noon Saturday, conducted by Dr. Bryce Evans. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Survived by her husband, Herman Sykes; a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Patricia Sykes, Dallas; a daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Raymond Peters, Baton Rouge; four grandchildren, Stacy Rose, Jonathan Sykes, Ryan Peters and Katherine Peters; and a great-grandchild, Elizabeth Rose.
Preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and a sister.
She was a member of Jefferson United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society.
Saturday, January 9, 1999