Funeral services for Mrs. Cordia Melvina Sikes Brasher, age 96, will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, April 8, 2023 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Powell officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5 PM until 8 PM and Saturday from 12 PM until service time.
Mrs. Brasher, a retired factory worker and member of Smyrna Baptist Church, was born in Dyer Co. and passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at AHC Nursing and Rehab in Humboldt.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Brasher; parents, Sam and Pearl Fussell; sisters, Peggy Weaver, Hazel Mitchell; brothers, Bo Fussell and Bud Fussell; and a son, Calvin Sikes.
Mrs. Brasher is survived by daughters, Janie Sikes Holt and Marcia Joyce; sons, David Sikes and wife Martha Ann, Larry Sikes, Rusty Sikes, Marvin Sikes and wife Carol; daughter-in-law, Sherry Sikes; step-children, Linda Fly and husband Jimmy, Mark Brasher and Betty Brasher; grandchildren, Michael Holt and wife Amy, Lisa Holt, Tim Sikes, Bradley Sikes and wife Mary, Amanda Latham, Wendy Edwards and husband Gaylon, Whitney Sikes, Sam Sikes, Christy Gingrow and husband Kris, Kelly Walker and Katie Joyce; fifteen great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
