Esteller Sikes Keenum
Esteller Sikes Keenum, age 86, Spruce Pine, passed away Feb. 16 at Russellville Hospital.
Mrs. Keenum previously attended church at Philadephia Deliverance Tabernacle.
The visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at Spry Memorial Chapel. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the chapel with Bro. Johnny Autry officiating. Burial will be at Franklin Memory Gardens.
She leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Leon Sikes Jr. and wife Linda and Johnny Lee Sikes; grandchildren, Oliva A. Delgado-Boru, Jaki Marie Sikes, Codi Ann Sikes, Matthew John Sikes and Andrea Sikes; step-grandchildren, Angie Maxwell and husband Greg and Sherry Russell and husband Bryan; great-grandchildren, Harry and Eleanor Delgado-Boru; step-great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Hannah, Megan, Cody, Katelyn, Mayson and Tucker; step-great-great-grandchild, Paizleigh; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Keenum; parents, Olin and Ruby King; siblings, Virginia Bello, Buddy Jewel and Adele Machen; and step-son, David Wilkinson.
The family would like to extend a special thanks to the nurses and staff of Russellville Hospital and Terrace Manor Nursing Home for the love and care of their family.
