The Bolivar Commercial; Cleveland MS; 2006-7-12

Elvoid Lakes

Elvoid Lakes, 71, of Drew died Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at his home.
Services are pending with the Byas Funeral Home of Ruleville.



The Bolivar Commercial; Cleveland MS; 2006-7-17

Elvoid Lakes

Elvoid Lakes, 71, of Drew died Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holly Grove Church
in Drew with Elder J.D. Lakes officiating. Burial will follow at the
Lakes Family Cemetery in Drew under the direction of Byas Funeral Home
of Ruleville. Visitation is from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Survivors include six sons, J.D. Lakes of Tupelo, Elvoid Lakes III, of
Upper Marlboro, Md., Melvin E. Lakes of Richland, Wash., Bruce E. Lakes
of Drew, Rodney L. Lakes of Greenville and Cedric U. Lakes of Clinton;
five daughters, Thelma Anderson and Glady J. Lakes, both of Memphis,
Catherine L. Lawrence of Orlando, Fla., Marian Lakes Winters of Drew and
Gail R. Lakes of Stafford, Va.; three brothers, Manuel Lakes of Memphis,
Joe Louis Lakes of Clarksdale, Charles Earl Lakes of Brazil, Miss.;
four sisters, Rosie Lee Lakes of Memphis, Maybell L. Quinn of Greenwood,
Thelma Jean Lakes and Nadean Lakes, both of Chicago; 26 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.




The Enterprise-Tocsin, Thursday, July 13, 2006, Sec. A, Page 5
Indianola Sunflower Co MS

Elvoid Lakes
  Elvoid Lakes, 71, of drew died at his home Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
Services are pending with Byas Funeral Home, Ruleville.



The Enterprise-Tocsin, Thursday, July 20, 2006, Sec. A, Page 5
Indianola Sunflower Co MS

Elvoid Lakes
  Elvoid Lakes, 71, of Drew died at his home Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 19, at 11 a.m. at Holly
Grove Church in Drew.  Burial was in Lakes Family Cemetery in Drew.
Elder J.D. Lakes officiated.  Byas Funeral Home, Ruleville was in charge
of arrangements.
  Mr. Lakes is survived by his daughters, Thelma Anderson and Gladys
J. Lakes, both of Memphis, Catherine L. Lawrence of Orlando, Fla.,
Marian Lakes Winters of Drew and Gail R. Lakes of Stafford Virginia;
sons, J.D. Lakes of Tupelo, Elvoid Lakes, III of Upper Marlboro, Md.,
Melvin E. Lakes of Richland, Wash., Bruce E. Lakes of Drew, Rodney
L. Lakes of Grenville and Cedric U. Lakes of Clinton.
  Also surviving are sister, Rosie Lee Lakes of Memphis, Maybell L. Quinn
of Greenwood, Thelma Jean Lakes of Chicago and Nadean Lakes of Chicago;
brothers, Manuel Lakes of Memphis, Joe Louis Lakes Clardsdale and Charles
Earl Lakes of Brazil, Miss., 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.