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Cobbtown- Benjamin Franklin "B.F." Sikes, 74, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006. The Candler County native graduated Metter High School in 1949, and then from the Georgia Military College, with a Liberal Arts Degree in 1952. He went on to the University of Georgia and graduated with a B.S. Degree in 1955 and then to Mercer University, in Macon ,GA, and graduated with a Master Degree in Education, in 1963. He served two years in the military, stationed in Friedberg, Germany, where he met Lucy Weyrauch, who he married on December 15, 1957, in Metter. He was a teacher and Principal for the Hillview Elementary Schools, Collins High School, and Glennville Elementary Schools. He was also elected five times as Superintendent of Schools for Tattnall County, serving Reidsville, Glennville, Collins, and Cobbtown. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Metter and a former member of Glennville Baptist Church where he was an ordained deacon, chairman of deacons, and Sunday school teacher. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife Lucy Weyrauch Sikes Parents Graham and Zelma Jarriel Sikes Brother A.D. Sikes and Sister In Law Frances Chapman Sikes. Survivors: aunts: Billie Maniatty, of Decatur, Evelyn Bryant, of Lyons, Corine Lynn, of Savannah, Reba Sikes, of Claxton; host of cousins and nephews, Wayne and Kathy Hart, of Metter; great nephew, Roland and Melanie Hart, of Metter; and great great niece, Margo Hart. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2006 at Morgan Family Funeral Home , with burial in the Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-9, Friday evening at the funeral home. Morgan Family Funeral Home Metter, GA "Our Family Serving Your Family". Savannah Morning News, Thursday, November 16, 2006. Please sign our Obituary Guest Book at www.SavannahNow.com or Legacy.com