Scylan Lan Pike (1940 - 2012)

Born 12 May 1940 in Casey County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Lou Morrow — married about 1959 (to 18 Jun 1986) in Alabama

Died 2012 at about age 71 in Hollis O K

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Biography

He was cremated & buried at Sea by the Navy. He was a 20 year Man that enlisted when he was almost 16 in 1956. He was married to a Minnie Lou Morrow & then married LaQuita Defore. I was closer to him than any of my Uncles. I the Marine & he the Sailor. He was only 10 yrs older than me.

Obituary

Scylan Scott Pike, age 72, of Talihina, Oklahoma and formerly of Hollis, passed away early Saturday morning, June 16, 2012, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center, in Talihina, Oklahoma. Mr. Pike was born in Yosemite, Kentucky on May 12, 1940, to Francis Marion and Lulu Mae (Wall) Pike. Growing up in Yosemite, Scylan attended school until he was fifteen and left to serve his country in the United States Navy. Serving tours in Vietnam, Scylan spent the next twenty years in Ordnance Mechanics, with the Navy, retiring on March 1, 1976. After his discharge in California, he moved to Arab, Alabama for a short time and later to Amarillo, Texas where he spent the next ten years after obtaining his auto and diesel mechanics degree. On June 23, 1987, he married LaQueta DeFore, of Hollis. Moving to Franklin, Kentucky, he served as a security guard for the Kentucky State Police. Over the next few years, they lived in Spiro and Hugo Oklahoma and moved to Hollis where he lived until 2011, when his health began to decline. Preceded in death by his parents; six sisters; five brothers; one son, Jeff Pike and one daughter, Jacquelyn Pike. He is survived by his wife, LaQueta DeFore Pike, of Hollis; one step-son, Michael McAlister of Hollis; two sons, Scott Pike and David Pike of Arab, Alabama; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, B.J. and LaVada DeFore of Hollis; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren along with many other relatives and friends. In keeping with Scylan’ s wishes, his remains will be buried at sea by the United States Navy, arranged by Harmon County Funeral Home of Hollis.

Note

This information was supplied by Edward Lee Pike and LaQueta DeFore

Sources

• He was my Dad's younger brother and my favorite uncle.