Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, July 14, 1976

O.J. Sikes

Funeral services for O.J. Sikes, 52, of Winnsboro were held at 2 p.m., Sunday July 11th, at Bayou Macon Baptist Church near Winnsboro with Rev. Terry Traxler officiating.

Interment was in Providence Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Sikes of Winnsboro; two daughters, Mrs. Vickie Huff, and Miss Sandra Sikes, both of Winnsboro; two step-daughters, Mrs. Dianne Cassels and Miss Lynn Hitt, both of Winnsboro; two step-sons, Ronald Hitt and Raymon Hitt, both of Winnsboro; his father, Brownie N. Welch of Winnsboro; four brothers, Noah Welch, Winnsboro, Dennis R. Welch, Winnsboro, Billy F. Welch, Winnsboro, and James Thurman Welch of Winnsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Temple, Winnsboro, and Mrs. Helen Morrison of Monroe.

Pallbearers were Sonny Sutterfield, Larry Grisson, Kenny Martin, Don Sebren, Rev. J.W. Allen, and Bill Netherland.