Johnny Ralph Sykes

1943 - 2017  (73 years)

• Name	Johnny Ralph Sykes  [1, 2]
  Birth	2 Jun 1943	California   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Apr 2017	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Johnnie Ralph Sykes, age 73, of Geneva, passed from this life late Sunday evening, April 30, 2017, in San Augustine. He was born to Pawnee (Oliver) Sykes and Johnnie Sykes on June 2, 1943, in California. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972. Rev. Martin Doran will officate, with visitation Tuesday evening, May 2, 2017, from the hours of 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Myrtle Springs Cemetery in Sabine County. Johnny was well loved in the Geneva Commmunity and San Augustine, and often was found visiting on the phone. He was disabled having epilepsy and had lived with his beloved Mother, Pawnee, his entire life until she predeceased him in 1999. He attended McMahon Chapel Methodist Church in Sabine County. He is survived by numeorus cousins and friends. He is preceded in death by his beloved parents, Pawnee (Oliver) Sykes and Johnnie Sykes. Copied from the Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Website Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, May 3, 2017, page 10
  Person ID	I37511	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Johnny L. Sykes,   b. 19 Sep 1917   d. 24 Nov 1958 (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Pawnee M. Oliver,   b. 14 Feb 1924, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 May 1999, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1944  [3]
  Family ID	F5313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Jun 1943 - California Death - 30 Apr 2017 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S342] San Augustine Tribune, weekly, 807 E. Columbia, San Augustine, TX, (San Augustine Tribune, USPS No. 479-040, Published every Thursday at 807 E. Columbia St., San Augustine, Texas 75972 Stephen Hays & Arlan Hays, Publishers. Postmaster: Change of Address notice should be made at P.O. Box 539, San Augustine, Texas 75972. The Tribune is a continuation of the Texas Chronicle moved from Galveston to San Augustine in 1837 and published as the Redlander.), Thursday, May 13, 1999, Page 5, obituary for Pawnee Sykes (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), May 3, 2017, page 10 (Reliability: 3). [S39] McCary, Kay P. "Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.