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Submitted: 7/4/20 • Approved: 7/12/20 • Last Updated: 7/15/20 • R330949-G330949-S3
November 28, 1875, Clarke County, Mississippi - November 8, 1960, Cameron, Milam County, Texas
MRS. FIKES, 85, DIES IN CAMERON; SERVICES TODAY
CAMERON (SPL) - Mrs. Minnie Lee Fikes, 85, died at 11 a. m. Tuesday at her home in Cameron.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. today in Green's Chapel at Cameron. Rev. E. B. Bradfield will officiate with burial in North Elm Cemetery near Cameron.
Survivors include seven sons, Walter Fikes and Hubert Fikes, both of Long Beach, Calif., Joe Earley Fikes of Cameron, Chester Fikes of Corpus Christi and Raymond Fikes, M. F. Fikes and Ralph Fikes, all of Houston; three daughters, Mrs. Dutch Locklin of Cameron, Mrs. Major Young and Mrs. Marshall Weems, both of Houston; two brothers, Will Hughes of Cameron and Fred Hughes of Bryan; three stepchildren, Onnie Fikes of Rosebud, Mrs. Nan Wallace of Cameron and Mrs. Molly Lemley of Three Rivers.
The Waco News-Tribune(Waco, Texas), 09 Nov 1960, Wed, Page 3
Family Members
Spouse
Martin Luther Fikes
1849–1936 (m. 1898)
Children
Charley Raymond Fikes
1900–1961
Bertie Estelle Fikes Weems
1901–1975
Martin Hubert Fikes
1903–1980
Lady Bee Fikes Young
1906–1968
Bessie Mae Fikes Locklin
1908–1998
Franklin Malachi Fikes
1915–1987
Chester Allen Fikes
1916–1987
Ralph Wallace Fikes
1919–1987
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