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Name: ALLEN DYKES
MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST ANNOUNCES THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MR.
ALLEN DYKES, AGE 79, OF BAXLEY WHO PASSED AWAY THURSDAY EVENING AFTER
AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. SERVICE WERE HELD SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2009
AT 3:00 P.M. IN THE CHAPEL OF MILES FUNERAL HOME.
THE ELDERS. ROBERT TORRANCE AND BILL TORRANCE OFFICIATED WITH BURIAL IN THE
SATILLA FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.
MR. DYKES WAS A NATIVE OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND HAD RESIDED IN ELLIJAY AND MILLEDGEVILLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO BAXLEY. MR. DYKES IS THE SON OF THE LATE MARIAH CREAMER DYKES AND THE LATE DEWEY DYKES. HE IS ALSO PRE-DECEASED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, MRS. BARBARA DYKES; TWO SONS, MASTER ALLEN JAMES DYKES, AND CHARLES PICKMAN; A BROTHER & SISTER –IN-LAW, OTIS & ALICE DYKES; MR. DYKES WAS A MEMBER OF CAMP CREEK PRIMATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 5 DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW; KATHY & SHAVER LIGHTSEY OF BAXLEY; JENNIFER & SHAWN FALES OF HAZLEHURST; MARGARET “BLONDIE” & DON WEBER OF KISSIMMEE, FLA; SANDRA & DONALD DIXON OF HAZLEHURST; AND GAIL & JIM HATCHER OF MILLEDGEVILLE. TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW; MARCUS & JOHNITA DYKES OF HAZLEHURST, AND AUBRY & MARY DYKES OF FITZGERALD. ALSO A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
MRS. BRENDA PICKMAN OF MILLEDGEVILLE. 23 GRAND CHILDREN AND 47 GREAT-GRAND
CHILDREN, AND 7 GREAT-GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, AND A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WERE: WAYNE DYKES, TONY DYKES, CURTIS DYKES, TOMMY WILLIAMS, BILLY SHURUM & DANIEL CALHOUN.
MUSIC WAS RENDERED BY: REV. NATHAN SMITH, JUSTIN SMITH & FLOYD HUNTER.
MILES FUNERAL HOME WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MR. ALLEN DYKES, AGE 79 , OF BAXLEY.
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