Obituaries: Carolyn Underwood Sikes, 1940, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 12, 1940 Winnfield News-American

Apoplectic Stroke Fatal To Mrs. J. R. Sikes of Gaars Mill

Funeral Services Held on Tuesday Afternoon at Harmony Grove

Mrs. Carolyn Underwood Sikes, age 72, wife of J. R. Sikes, former school board
member from Ward 7, died at her home Monday morning following an apoplectic
stroke suffered Sunday night.

Although her declining years made it impossible for her to be active outside
her home, Mrs. Sikes had enjoyed better than usual health until the past two
years, during which period she was partially disabled.  However, the stroke
Sunday night was sudden and caused her death on Monday morning.

She was a member of the Harmony Grove Baptist Church, from where funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock conducted by the Rev. O.
L. Hughes, pastor and former pastor, respectively, of the deceased.  Interment
was in the Harmony Grove Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Sikes was born in Winn Parish and was a member of the Underwood family
of that section.  The large funeral cortege of neighbors and friends attested
to the wide influence she had wielded during her useful life.

Surviving her are her husband, J. R. Sikes, who for more than 20 years served
on the Winn Parish School Board representing Ward 7, one son, Dennis E. Sikes,
superintendent of schools of Winn Parish for the past 12 years, (daughters) 
Miss Elga Sikes, teacher of home economics in the Gaars Mill high school, Mrs.
Dayton Hammons and Mrs. J. E. Dark of Gaars Mill; one brother, Ivy Underwood
of Sikes; two sisters, Mrs. S. M. Riser, Shreveport, and Mrs. Jackson White,
Sikes.

Pallbearers were Dayton Hammons, J. E. Dark, Dan Hammons, John D. Hammons, H.
L. Boyett, and George Walker.