Obits: Sparks, Della Gibson Magoffin County, Kentucky August 2006 Source: Big Sandy News August 3, 2005 Submitted by Sharon Cox ********************************************************************* Sparks, Della Gibson -77, of Salyersville, died Sunday, July 31, 2005. Born Feb. 27, 1928, in Magoffin County, she was a daughter of the late Bobby and Medie Nickels Gipson. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henery Lee Sparks; four sons, Arnold Sparks, Robert Sparks, Eugene Sparks and Matthew Sparks; one daughter, Suedell Sparks; three brothers, Claude Gipson, Troy Gipson, and Calvin Gipson and two sisters, Delphia Holbrook and Elsie Sparks. Survivors include seven sons, Clarence Sparks of Jackson, Mich., Danny Ray Sparks and Delmer Sparks, both of Portsmouth, Ohio, Dallas Sparks, bobby Dean Sparks, Marcus Sparks, and Ronnie Lee Sparks, all of Salyersville; three daughters, Avanell Salyers of Lucasville, Ohio, Bonnie Lou Sparks and Ana Sue Gipson, both of Salyersville; a brother, Robert Lee Gipson of Lucasville ; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Magoffin County Funeral Home Chapel, Salyersville, with Arthur Cole officiating. Burial will be in Sparks Cemetery, Burning Fork, under direction of Magoffin County Funeral Home. Source: Big Sandy News August 3, 2005 ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ -