Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sykes, Joseph W. August 29, 1909
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Virginian Pilot August 31, 1909

SYKES - At St. Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk, Va., August 29, 1909, at 7:55 
p.m., Deputy Sheriff JOSEPH W. SYKES, aged 42 years.
Funeral from the residence, Jackson and Poindexter Streets, South Norfolk, 
THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON at 4:30 o'clock.  Friends of the family invited to 
attend.  Interment in Magnolia Cemetery. 
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               MURDERED OFFICER WAS BURIED WITH HONORS

     Many Attended Funeral Services Over Body of Joseph W. Sykes

The funeral of Deputy Sheriff Joseph W. Sykes, who was shot Saturday night 
by a highwayman in South Norfolk and died Sunday evening at the St. Vincent 
Hospital, was conducted from the family residence in Jackson Street, near 
Poindexter Street, South Norfolk, yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
The attendance was large, as the officer was very popular and regarded as a 
man of high honor and integrity.
Rev. R.B. Scott, pastor of the Liberty Street M.E. Church, officiated, 
assisted by Rev. J.O. Cox, pastor of South Norfolk Christian Church.
Mrs. Sykes has been prostrated by grief ever since the occurrence, and 
yesterday it became necessary to call in a physician.  She was too ill to go 
to the grave with the remains of her husband.  She is left with three small 
children and one twelve years old by his first wife.
The deceased having been a member of Oakdale Lodge No. 70, I.O.O.F.; 
Tidewater Council No. 30, Jr. O.U.A.M. and Berkley Aerie No. 79, F.O. 
Eagles, these orders attended in a body, as well as many others who were 
friends of Mr. Sykes and his family.
The remains were laid to rest in Magnolia Cemetery and the active 
pallbearers were selected from the above named organizations.  Those who 
acted as honorary pallbearers were: William Carmine, deputy sheriff, Special 
Officer Joseph W. Hutchings, L.M. Nicholas, Cooper Bell, J.R. Walk, George 
G. Martin, J.W. McHorney and W.C. Coburn.

Virginian Pilot September 1, 1909

 

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