Obituaries: Troy Sikes, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 21, 1952 Winn Parish Enterprise

Troy Sikes, Native of Winn Succcumbs In Little Rock, Ark.

Funeral services were held in North Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 14, 1952 for Troy
Sikes, 45, who died suddenly of a heart attack.  Rites were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Owen W. Morgan, at the First Baptist Church of which Mr. Sikes
was an active member.  Burial was in the Edgewood Cemetery.

Mr. Sikes was a former resident of Sikes.  He was a graduate of the Sikes High
School and the School of Pharmacy at Atlanta, Ga.  He was employed by Morris
Dickson Drug Store in Shreveport until going to North Little Rock six years
ago, where he was co-owner and manager of the Sikes-Hough Drug Store.  He was
married to the former Miss Eloise Hough of Minden.

Pallbearers were George Wasson, W. S. Miller, Jr., William Owens, O. B.
Yaeger, Kenneth Price, and Neal Tisakerly.  Honorary pallbearers were members
of the Pulaski County Pharmaceutical Assn., and all doctors of North Little
Rock, Ark.

Surviving are his widow and one son, Arthur Troy, North Little Rock, Ark.; his
father, J. W. Sikes, Dodson, Route 1; two brothers, Arnold Sikes, Winnfield,
and Grady Sikes, Houma; four sisters, Mrs. Troy Adams and Mrs. Clyde Taylor,
Dodson, Rt. 1, Mrs. Tommy Chaddick, Shreveport, and Mrs. Dave Simmons, Sikes.

Among those from Louisiana attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Sikes
and Nellie Faye, Winnfield; A. L. Sikes, Jr., Ruston; J. W. Sikes, Mrs.
Troy Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parker, Dodson; Mr. and Mrs. Prentice
Hough, Minden; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Prince and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Goslin,
Shreveport; and Mrs. Helen Bridges, Springhill.