Mr. Joe Milton Sykes

Joe Milton Sykes, Sr., 81, passed away following a stroke at his home on Saturday, June 17, 2017. The family will hold a Memorial Service on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Antioch Baptist Church in Old Pearl. Brother Charles Moore and Joe’s grandson, Cory Sykes will conduct the services. Mr. Sykes was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Viola Sykes; his only son, Joe M. Sykes, Jr., and his grandchildren, James “Lil’ Jerry” Dupre, Mikayla Lynn Smith, Trinity James Dupre, Samantha Moore Noto. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Bonnie Sykes; brother, Bill and his wife, Barbara Sykes of Porter, TX; children, Sherry and Barney Smith of Braxton, Wanda and Jerry Dupre of Braxton, Katy Sykes of Florence, Debbie Camardelle of Florence, Carol and Robert Polk of Jackson, Jeannie and Marty Moore of Terry, and Gail Wilhelm of Florence; 16 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. “Dad will be deeply missed by so many. We wish to say a special thank you to his oldest daughter, Sherry Smith, for helping so much with him; his daughter, Debbie, who was there every day tirelessly for the family; and Amber Young for helping with Dad’s care. Dad loved all us kids so much. Dad also had two grandchildren that he raised as his own children, Daniel and Lyndsy Young. This loss will affect them extremely hard but we all could not thank those two kids enough for being there with heart felt love and Daniel for always being Dad’s best friend. To his wife of 50 years, we want to say we love you and thank you for making him happy for all those years. Dad’s only brother Bill also expressed how special dad was to him, sharing so many memories together. Everyone who had the pleasure of knowing dad loved him. He was always fair to everyone and would always be there for anyone. This family has been very blessed to have had Dad’s great words of wisdom and wonderful sense of humor for 81 years. We know he is celebrating with lots of loved ones including his parents, a son and grandchildren.”