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    1. Re: Children of Cora (Cassie) WILSON & Robert A. SIKES
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sikes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5U.2ADI/2212.2361.2488.1 Message Board Post: Here is a copy of the obit for Lavon Sikes Henderson in case you do not have it. Vaughn Lavon Sikes Henderson, 95, of Vaughn, Arkansas, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at her home. She was born January 30, 1910, in Osage Mills, Arkansas, to Robert A. and Cora Wilson Sikes. She attended school in Osage Mills, Cave Springs, and graduated from Vaughn High School. After graduation she became a member of the Osage Mills Church and later a member of the Vaughn Presbyterian Church for over 60 years. She taught Sunday school classes, taught Bible school class and was secretarytreasurer of the Presbyterian Women?s Organization. She was a lifetime resident of the Vaughn Community. On October 28, 1933, she married John Howard Henderson, who passed away September 11, 1997. She was a loving wife and mother. She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, John H. Henderson; as well as six sisters, Oma Rife, Mable Rife, Evelyn Rife, Louise George, Gladys Carpenter and Opal Harper; and one brother, Sam Sikes. She is survived by one son, Robert Arthur Henderson of Vaughn, Arkansas; one niece, Sammie George Evans of Rogers, Arkansas; extended family of M. C. and Virginia Hendry of San Angelo, Texas; several grand-nieces, nephews and many friends. A visitation will be held Friday, April 1, 2005, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Callison-Lough Funeral Home in Bentonville, Arkansas. Services will be held Saturday, April 2, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. at the Vaughn Presbyterian Church in Vaughn, Arkansas, with Lynn Brown and Bob Bennett officiating. Pallbearers will be: Coke and Tommy Hendry, Bill Piercy, Gary Harral, Rex Grimsley, Jack Roles and Arthur "Doc" Feagin. Honorary pallbearers will be: M. C. Hendry and Lee Harris. Burial will follow at the Barron Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Callison-Lough Funeral Service of Bentonville, Arkansas.

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