Monday, August 28, 2017 9:32 am

Patsy Bass Sykes, age 82, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Born in Nash County on April 8, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Broddie Bass and Harriet Edwards. She was also preceded in death by her son, Timothy M. Sykes; brother, Charlie Bass and sisters, Betty Ann Tedder and Carolyn Bass.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Lervern Sykes; children, Cynthia Everett and husband William, Jr., Robert L. Sykes and wife, Amy Ferrell, and Vickie L. Valduvinos and husband, Luna; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 1, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Bryan Sheehan officiating. Burial will follow at Sykes Family Cemetery, 6976 Mecum Road, Spring Hope. The family will receive friends and relatives on Thursday, August 31, 2017 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.