A native of Yancey County, N.C., he had lived in this area for the past 19 years. He was a son of the late Jackson C. and Tennessee Woody Sparks and was a retired farmer and a sawmill operator. He was a member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church where he taught the adult men's Sunday school class and was also a former deacon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Randolph Sparks, in 1951.
Survivors include two sons Gay Sparks, Micaville, N.C., Gaw Sparks, Johnson City; one daughter, Mrs. Chloe S. Beaver, Rock Hill, S.C.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Zenna Hughes, St. Paul, Va.; one brother, S.J. Sparks, Palmdale, Calif.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
A native of Yancey County, N.C., he had lived in this area for the past 19 years. He was a son of the late Jackson C. and Tennessee Woody Sparks and was a retired farmer and a sawmill operator. He was a member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church where he taught the adult men's Sunday school class and was also a former deacon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Nannie Randolph Sparks, in 1951.
Survivors include two sons Gay Sparks, Micaville, N.C., Gaw Sparks, Johnson City; one daughter, Mrs. Chloe S. Beaver, Rock Hill, S.C.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Zenna Hughes, St. Paul, Va.; one brother, S.J. Sparks, Palmdale, Calif.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren.
Gravesite Details
This cemetery is in the Brush Creek area, not Burnsville.
Family Members
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Robert Newton Sparks
1874–1935
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William Alfred Sparks
1876–1961
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Samuel B. Sparks
1878–1975
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Minnie Ider Sparks
1879–1880
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Polley Merry Sparks
1881–1881
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Frankie Sparks Gouge
1884–1954
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Jeremiah Sparks
1886–1887
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Sarah Sparks Randolph
1888–1962
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Desdemonia "Desta" Sparks Garland
1892–1964
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Infant Sparks
1895–1896
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John Henrick Sparks
1896–1978
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Tine Sparks Adams
1899–1979
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