Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SYKES, JAY February 21, 2017 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GINA BROWN rootsgirl36@gmail.com April 3, 2017, 7:01 am News Star World - February 26, 2017 JAY SYKES Jay R. Sykes was born on March 1, 1980 in Singapore and died suddenly in Oklahoma City, OK on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. He was a Directional Drilling Engineer with Leam Drilling Systems of Oklahoma City, OK. He was a loving son and father who leaves behind his parents, Billy & Jo Sykes of Delhi; 3 children Taylor, Colten and Teagan and his wife Leah all of Epps. He also leaves his sister Patsy Frith and her husband Blain; half sister Pam Sykes and two half brothers, Mike and Terry Sykes. He is also survived by numerous uncles, aunts and cousins from Malaysia. He is preceded in death by a half brother Keith R. Sykes, his paternal grandparents, Elbert & Eunice Sykes; two aunts Virginia Sykes and Mary Alice Posey; two uncles Sonny and J. C. Sykes; a nephew Dylan Keith Sykes as well as his maternal grandparents Jasmin and Marmie Daud; three uncles and one aunt. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Monday, February 27, 2017 at Dunn Baptist Church with Bro. Jeff Sykes and Bro. Neal Clack officiating. Visitation will be held at Cox Funeral Home on Sunday from 2-5 PM. Burial will be in the Newton Community Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Josa Thomas, Robby Miller, Kenneth Jones, Marty Croft, Blain Frith and William J. Cantrell. Honorary Pallbearers will be Brid Hollis, Casey French, Terry Sikes, Chris Sikes and Mitch Berry. Cox Funeral Home Delhi File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/s/sykes6019nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb