Melvin H. Sykes

1869–1949 (age 80)

Biography

Born in 1869, Melvin H. Sykes offered a generous spirit and quiet encouragement to his community before he passed in 1949 and was laid to rest at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Those who remember him cherish the generous spirit he shared so freely with others.

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