Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sykes, Inez W. Sykes, 1935 

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INEZ WILLIAMS SYKES SYKES

   Mrs. Inez W. Sykes, widow of the late Joseph L. Sykes of Boykins, died at her 
home in Boykins Monday, September 30, in her 54th year. She was the daughter of 
the late John Calvin Sykes and Mrs. Adna Sykes of Wake County, N.C., and a niece 
of the late Dr. J.H. M. Sykes of this county, a member of an old and well-known 
Southampton family. He husband died in 1925 and she is survived by five 
children: Mrs. P.T. Person of Boykins, Mrs. George C. Brooks of Norfolk, Miss 
Inez Sykes, Joe Lewis and David Sykes of Boykins; by two grandchildren, Patricia 
Person of Boykins and Congdon Brooks of Norfolk, besides a large family 
connection and many friends.

   Mrs. Sykes was an active communicant of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 
Boykins, where she had long served as organist; was a member of the Epworth 
Bible Class, the W.C.T.U., and of the Boykins Garden Club; esteemed and loved as 
an exemplary Christian character, and a woman of many fine traits of mind.

   Funeral services were held from St. Thomas’ Church Wednesday afternoon at 
2:30 o’clock, the rites being read by a former Rector, Rev. J. Sutherland-Watt 
of St. Peter’s Church, Norfolk, assisted by Rev. J.L. Kibler and Rev. Frank B. 
Handley of Boykins. Burial was made in Beechwood Cemetery, the active 
pallbearers being: C.T. Beaton, Jno. R. Person, W.R. Emmons, R.W. Simmons, B.F. 
Britt, W.W. White, Jr., W. Hugh Powell and Ed. Barclay.


[Inez Williams (SYKES; Mrs. Joseph L.) SYKES, 
 d. 30 Sep 1935, at home, Boykins, age 54, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 2 Oct 1935, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 4, 1935] 

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