Obituaries:  Mrs. Bessie Sparks, Sabine Parish       S-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 21, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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Mrs. Bessie Sparks

  Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Sparks, 98, of Florien, were
held Monday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m., in the Warren Meadows Chapel,
with the Rev. Johnny  Rhodes officiating. Burial was in the Myrtle
Spring Cemetery, near Geneva, Tex., under the directiob of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Sparks died in Many after an extended illness.

  She is survived by four sons, S. O. Sparks of Hemphill, A. A.
Sparks of Sillsbee, Preston Sparks of Robeline, and Eugene Sparks
of Florien; three daughters, Mrs. Lula Wallace, and Mrs. Lucille
Simmons, both of Florien, and Mrs. Eldon Edwards of Alco, La.;
three half sisters, Lizzie and Onnie Simmons, both of Many; two
half brothers, Mason and Johnny Simmons, both of Many; 38
grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren, and 12
great-great-grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were her grandsons.