Jeffrey Ryan Sikes

Jeffrey Ryan Sikes obituary, Tyler, TX

Jeffrey Ryan Sikes

Jeffrey Sikes Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on May 6, 2015.
Services for Jeffrey Ryan Sikes, 24, Tyler, will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Cottle Funeral Home Chapel in Troup, with Dr. Mike Daniels officiating. Burial will be in the Bascom Cemetery, Tyler.

Jeffrey entered Heaven's gates Thursday, April 30, 2015. He was born Aug. 31, 1990, in Dallas to Lowell Jeffrey Sikes and Debi Norris.

Jeffrey was a tow truck operator and he loved his family.

Survivors include wife, Miranda Sikes, of Tyler; son, Dakota Lee Gilbert, of Tyler; daughter, Addisyn Kay Sikes, of Tyler; father, Lowell Jeff Sikes and wife Angie, of Whitehouse; mother, Debi Norris and husband Mark, of Tyler; father- and mother-in-law, Rod Henderson and wife Cheryl, of Tyler; brother, Brad Smith and wife Jennifer, of Tyler; sisters, Brandy Smith and Clayton Tackett, of Tyler, Ashley Jones and Chris, of Tyler; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service.

To view online or to sign the guestbook, go to www.cottlefuneralhome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

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