Funeral service for Joe Sykes, age 73, of Calera, will be 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at Bolton-Letlow Chapel. Burial will follow at Summerhill Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Sykes, who passed away Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, at a local hospital, was born on July 16, 1934, in Shelby County.

Bolton-Letlow Funeral Home is directing