Elaine Fikes

Elaine Fikes, 83, of Rosebud, died Friday, February 15, 2013 at her residence. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Rev. Joe Goodson officiating. Burial will follow in Powers Chapel Cemetery near Rosebud.
Mrs. Fikes was born near the Ben Arnold community in Milam County on November 12, 1929 to Hal and Eula Collins Clifton. She lived in Milam and Falls Counties all of her life. She married Troy Wheeler Fikes on March 7, 1950. She worked as a nurses aid for Halbert Hospital and Nursing Home for 15 years and as a cook and cafeteria manager for Rosebud-Lott ISD for 10 years. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, Ronald Fikes, and one brother, Billy Hal Clifton.
She is survived by four sons: Troy Wayne Fikes and wife Linda, Kenneth Fikes and wife Wanda, David Fikes and wife Candy, all of Rosebud, and Jerry Fikes and wife Darlene of Lott
14 Grandchildren and 20 Great Grandchildren
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church or Powers Chapel Cemetery Association.
Visitation was held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.