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 11, 1940 Winn Parish Enterprise

Death Claims Mrs. R. F. Sikes of Gaar's Mill

Last Rites Conducted At Fellowship Church, Tuesday

Mrs. Redden F. Sikes, 72, a lifelong resident of Winn Parish, died at her home
in Gaar's Mill community Monday, April 8, 9:30 a.m., following a stroke of
apoplexy which she suffered Sunday night.  She had been in failing health for
some time.

Last rites were conducted at the Harmony Grove Church of which she was a
member, Tuesday, afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the pastor, Rev. R. L. Bridges,
officiating.  He was assisted by the Rev. O. L. Hughes and the Rev. H. H.
McBride, Baptist ministers of Winnfield.  Interment was in the Harmony Grove
Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Dayton Hammons, Dean Hammons, John D. Hammons, J.
E. Dark, Horace Boyett, and G. H. Walker.

Mrs. Sikes, before her marriage in 1886, was Miss Carolyn Underwood, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joel Underwood, pioneer residents of the
Fellowship Community.  She resided all of her life in the Fellowship
Community, until 27 years ago when she moved with her family to Gaars Mill.

Surviving are her husband, J. R. Sikes; one son, D. E. Sikes, parish
superintendent of education; three daughters, Miss Elgie Sikes, Mrs. Dayton
Hammons, and Mrs. J. E. Dark, all of Gaars Mill; two sisters, Mrs. S. M.
Riser, Shreveport, and Mrs. Jackson White, Sikes; and one brother, Ivy
Underwood of Sikes.