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Submitted: 5/2/15 • Approved: 5/3/15 • Last Updated: 5/10/15 • R1073577-G0-S3
2 Oct 1899 - 8 Mar 1983
*Biography
1954 History of St Francis County
Zero Butane Gas Company, today has four trucks, covering St.Francis, Lee, Cross, and Crittendon Counties, and is owned by Mr.John Sikes. Offices have been in the old Haven Building on Grant Street since 1951, the first location in the old Haven Warehouse. Mr.Sikes bought out the interest of Alvin Thompson, in Sep.1946. He has lived in Forrest City for seven years, born in Fordyce, he is the son of the late Mr.& Mrs.G.T.Sikes, and attended Monticello High School and Monticello A & M. During World War I he served in the U.S.Navy, after which he worked a year in oil field production. From 1922 to 1929 he traveled as a salesman and until 1941, he was an insurance salesman. During World War II he worked in the ordnance plant near Conway. In 1946, he moved from Morrilton to Forrest City. On Oct.20,1929, he married Miss Mildred Walker, daughter of Mrs.George P.Walker, and the late Mr.Walker. He is a member of the Lions Club, King-Beazley American Legion Post, Masonic Lodge, Consistory of Little Rock, Shriners of Pine Bluff, and Crowley Ridge Shrine Club. He is a member of the Baptist church.
Contributed on 5/2/15
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