McCants obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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McCants, Sybil Aliese Dykes       13 Mar 2002    Mar 2002    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  3/13/2002

MCCANTS, SYBIL ALIESE DYKES
A former employee of Varnado Plumbing and retired from the Louisiana
Department of Public Safety, she died at 2:20 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2002,
at her residence in Denham Springs with her children by her side. She was
84, born Feb. 21, 1918, in the East Fork community in Tangipahoa Parish. 
Visiting at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, on Wednesday from noon to 
2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting in the funeral home chapel from 
8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. 
Terry Booth, the Rev. Paul Taylor and the Rev. Tom Adams. Interment in
Amite Baptist Church Cemetery, Denham Springs. Survived by three daughters
and two sons-in-law, Joan M. Stephenson, Denham Springs, and Jeanette and 
Dan McBride and Emily and Wayne Stewart, all of Watson; two sons and
daughters-in-law, F. William "Billy" and Wanda McCants, Laurel, Del., and
Charlie and Dawn McCants, Denham Springs; two sisters and a brother-in-law, 
Mary and Neil Goodson and Dorothy Entriken, all of Baton Rouge; 11 grand-
children and spouses, Jennifer and Dave Borgaila, David and Bonnie McCants,
Randy Stephenson, Ted Stephenson, Patrick McCants, James-Adam McCants,
Jarod and Mindy McBride, Mark Junker and Bobby and Katie Aliese Stewart;
six great-grandchildren, Jordan, Sara and Rosie Borgaila and Ross, Reid and
Dane Stephenson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her
husband, Floyd Newton McCants; parents, Leo James Sr. and Maud May Miller
Dykes; a brother, L.J. Dykes; and a brother-in-law, Paul Entriken. Grand-
children will serve as pallbearers. She was a member of Amite Baptist
Church, Denham Springs, and Grace Sunday School Class. She regularly
attended the Council on Aging in Denham Springs. She was a 1935 graduate of
Ponchatoula High School. Special thanks to Hospice Care of Louisiana.
Memorial donations may be made to Amite Baptist Church Building Fund, 7100
Amite Church Road, Denham Springs, LA 70706. 

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