Mrs. Lois Autry Sykes
Mrs. Lois Sykes Obituary
The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 O'Clock P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 703 North 3rd Avenue, Lanett, Alabama. Father Antoo G. Alappat, officiating.
There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Mrs. Sykes will be in state at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Lanett, Alabama for two hours prior to the Funeral Mass.
Interment will be in the Skyview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Welch, Alabama.
Lois was born on June 9, 1947 in Daphne, Alabama to the parentage of the late Earsley L. Autry and Cora L. Autry. Lois attended the West Point City Public Schools where she graduated from Harrison High School in 1964. She attended Tuskegee Institute and went on to obtain a degree in Business from Ayers Technical College.
Lois enjoyed gardening, reading, traveling and spending time with family. Lois was a full time homemaker before she spent time outside of the home in a host of jobs, including a lab technician and daycare teacher.
Lois leaves to cherish her memories, her faithful husband of 41 years, Mr. Maurice Sykes and one son Maurice Lindsley (Jenifer) of Rocklin, California.
She was preceded in death by her father, Earsley L. Autry and one sister, Patricia Ann Autry-McKnight. She also leaves to cherish her memories, her mother Mrs. Cora L. Autry of Roanoke, AL; one brother, James Joseph (Belinda) Autry of Fayetteville, NC; one sister, Earscell (Jerome) Tate of Opelika, AL; nephews, Earsley O'Bryant (Kiona) Autry of Fayetteville, NC; Earsley Xavier Autry-McKnight of Roanoke, AL, Ross McAdams Tate of Opelika, AL; neice, Courtnie B. Tate of Huntsville, AL; uncle, Robert L. (Mary) McAdams of Durham, NC; sister-in-law, Linda (Stony) Gillespie of Hoover, AL; brother-in-law, Robert (Mae) Sykes of Maywood, IL; special cousins, Doris E. Stokes of Cincinnati, OH; Ernest F. McAdams of Cincinnati, OH, Sylvia (Willie) Alford of Durham, NC, Brenda J. Lovely of Durham, NC, and a special host of cousins (The Autrys) from Daphne, AL and dear friends.
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