Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Clara Sikes
Funeral services for Clara Sikes, 79, Baskin were held Saturday at the
Baskin Baptist Church with the Rev. Leroy Dickinson officiating.
Interment followed at Pleasant Hale Cemetery near Baskin under the direction
of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.
Mrs. Sikes died Thursday at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Rayville after an
extended illness. She was a member of the Baskin Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, O.T. Sikes, Baskin: one daughter and
son-in-law, Earlene and Dennis Williams, Clayton; one son and
daughter-in-law, Alvin and Emma Sikes, Baskin; five sisters, Inez Graham and
Ina Milazzo, both of Shreveport; Jessie Mae Cheatwood, Keithville; Janice
L awrence, Clarksdale, Miss.; Ola Fuller, Baskin; three brothers, H.N.
Sutton, Crowville; Mack Sutton, West Monroe; Leroy Sutton, Keithville; eight
grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Randy Carter, Buddy Tyler, Jerry Williams, George Little
Jr., Bryon Williams and Alvin Garvin.
Wednesday, October 23, 1991