Tracy Sikes

DATELINE: Mt. Croghan S.C.

DECEASED: Mr. Tracy Emmett Sikes, age 91, died Friday, June 20, 2008 at his home.

FUNERAL SERVICE: 3:00 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2008 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel.

INTERMENT: will follow in the Mt. Croghan Memorial Park

VISITATION: will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the funeral home

HISTORY: Mr. Sikes was born September 8, 1916 in Mt. Croghan, S.C. a son of the late Jack and Blanche Lowery Sikes. He was a farmer and a retired employee of Burlington Industries with 32 years of service. Mr. Sikes was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed his cattle and fox hunting. He was a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church. Tracy was married to the late Analiza Burch Sikes and was also preceded in death by his son-in-law Ronny W. Cato and his 5 brothers, Rudolph, Owen, William, Jewel, and Eli Sikes, and his sister Eunice Sikes Rayfield.

SURVIVORS:
1 Daughter: Sylvia Sikes Cato of Pageland SC
2 Sons: Glynn (Billie Ann) Sikes of Chesterfield SC and Bill Sikes of the home.
4 Grand daughters: Rhonda Cato (Mike) Graves, Tammy Sikes (Harold) Cooke, Glenda Sikes Freeman, and Caroline Sikes (Doug) Tyler
8 Great Grandchildren: David and Ryan Graves, Grant and Nicholas Cooke, Chase, Lanie, and Jonathan Freeman, and Trace Tyler
Also: Louise Burch, Caregiver

MEMORIALS: may be made to Elizabeth Baptist Church c/o Mayrow Watson P.O. box 92 Mt. Croghan SC 29727 or Mt. Croghan Memorial Park P.O. box 57 Mt. Croghan SC 29727 or Hospice of Chesterfield County P.O. box 293 Chesterfield SC 29709.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Sikes Family.