Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Saturday, February 12, 1966

JOHN ERSKINS

SIKES -- Funeral services for John Erskins, 78, will be held at 10 a.m. today in the Sikes Baptist Church with burial in Wright Cemetery near Center under the direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.

Mr. Erskins died Thursday in an Alexandria hospital after a brief illness.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Head of Sikes, and Mrs. Nora Head of New Orleans.