Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Mary Lou Sykes (1919-1981)

Mary Lou Sykes was born on 1 September 1919 in Mississippi. She did on 20 January 1981 in Quitman, Mississippi. She is buried in East Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Clarke, Mississippi.

Rufus Cook and Mary Sykes

Mary Lou Sykes' headstone
Obituary (Clarke County Tribune, 29 Jan 1981)
Services for Mrs. Mary Lou Cook of Route 1, were held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home. The Rev. Terry Carmichael officiated. Interment was in East Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Cook died Tuesday in Watkins Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, R.C. Cook, Quitman; a son, Ronald G. Cook, Quitman; five daughters, Mrs. Janice Stanwood, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Annie Ruth Beard, Dalewood; Mrs. Jeanette Jacobs, Mrs. Carol Morgan and Mrs. Barbara Kennedy, all of Quitman; two brothers, Alton Sykes, Quitman; Coyt Sykes, Mobile; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

PARENTS
Thomas Richard Sykes
Verda Mae Edwards

SPOUSE
Rufus Green Cook

CHILDREN
Janette Cook
Janice Cook
Annie Ruth Cook
Ronnell Glenn Cook
Carol Marie Cook
Barbara Joyce Cook

SOURCES
  • 1930 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi
  • 1940 census, Beat 1, Jasper, Mississippi
  • Clarke County Tribune, 29 Jan 1981
  • Find A Grave

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