Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sykes, William R., 1939 

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WILLIAM RICHARD SYKES

   William Richard Sykes, 66, died at his home in Branchville Thursday afternoon 
following an illness of many months. Mr. Sykes was a prominent merchant in 
Branchville for many years, also including farming and banking among his 
business interest. He was a deacon of Branchville Baptist Church.

   Mr. Sykes was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Sykes of Pendleton, 
N.C., where he was born. Surviving him are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Aubrey 
Woodard of Branchville and Mrs. Hudnall Dodd of Wytheville; two sisters, Mrs. 
Ella Porter, Severn, N.C., and Mrs. L.D. Boone of Conway, N.C., beside one 
grandchild.

   Services will be conducted from the Branchville Baptist Church Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. F.B. Handley, pastor of the church, assisted by 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin and Rev. H.F. Turner of Boykins.


[William Richard SYKES, merchant, 
 b. Pendleton, NC, d. 4 May 1939, at home, Branchville, age 66, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 69), Boykins, 7 May 1939, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 5, 1939] 

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