Obituary of Janet E. Sikes

Funeral services for Janet E. Sikes, age 72, of Roanoke will be held on Friday, September 16, 2016, at 2:00 PM from Forest Home Church with Rev. Stoney Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Ms. Sikes will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning on Friday. Ms. Sikes passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016, in Roanoke, Alabama. Survivors include: two daughters, Joanna Burson and Julie Watts, both of Roanoke; two sons, James Wallace Burson, Jr., of Rock Mills and John Burson (wife, Renea) of Roanoke; seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Bethany Shelnutt of Roanoke, Lois Sikes of Loudon, TN, and Rachael Sikes of Woodland; two brothers, Danny Sikes of Loudon, TN, and Buddy Sikes of Woodland; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be J.D. Akins, Josh Burson, Nathan Sikes, Dakota Hendrix, Glenn DePriest, and Joey Hannah. A Roanoke native, Ms. Sikes was born on November 18, 1943, the daughter of James Nathan and Atha Joyce Barrett Sikes. She was a member of Forest Home Church and worked as a CPA for Robert K. Edwards and Malcom C. Davenport V firms. Ms. Sikes was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, David Sikes; and two grandsons, Jacob Daniel Akins and Markus Anthony Mendez. Memorials may be floral or donations may be made to Southern Care Hospice in Alex City.