Obituaries: Woodard Neal Spikes, 1975, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 29, 1975 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

W. N. Spikes Dies; Rites Held At Sardis

Woodard Neal Spikes, 79, of Winnfield, died at 3:45 a.m. Sunday, January 26,
1975 at his residence after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. at Sardis Baptist Church near here
with the Revs. C. D. Bates and Louis B. Williams officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers
Funeral Home of Winnfield.

A retired millwright, Mr. Spikes was a native of Atlanta.  

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ella Spikes of Winnfield; three sons, E. M.
Spikes of West Monroe, C. O. Spikes of Atlanta, and James W. Spikes of 
Winnfield; eight daughters, Mrs. Rolene Strickland and Mrs. Billie Nelson,
both of Winnfield, Mrs. Georgia Lashley of Denham Springs, Mrs. Lucille Box of
Colfax, Mrs. Elaine Driggers of Pineville, Mrs. Llewelyn Gorham of Lake
Charles, and Mrs. Linda Gilbert of Goliad, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Beulah
Woodard and Mrs. Zula Smith, both of Winnfield, and Mrs. Lula Bethea of
Hansville, Wash.; 38 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.

Grandsons of the deceased served as pallbearers.