Barry County Missouri Obituary - Nancy J. Miller-Sparkman 1838 - 1915
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 Nancy J. Miller-Sparkman 1838 - 1915

Source: Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller by  Ted  W.
Roller

NANCY J. SPARKMAN DIED LAST TUESDAY


The life of another dearly beloved mother has gone out  at  a  ripe  old
age. Vain is the attempt to measure the loss of a wife and mother  to  a
husband and children. After all the poets have sung and lovers  dreamed,
outside of heaven there is no love  like  mother-love.  The  love  of  a
mother for her children passeth human understanding. The  husband  bowed
down with age, was grief  stricken  over  the  passing  of  his  beloved
companion, because for over sixty-three years  they  had  lived  happily
together and had been devoted to each other and had shared  each  others
joys and sorrows, on the pathway of life. She died in the full  hope  of
an eternal life, because for over fifty years she  had  been  an  humble
follower of the meek and lowly Nazarene, which insures eternal  life  in
that  bright  and  happy  land,  free  from  all  troubles,  trials  and
tribulations. All this time she had been a member of the Baptist Church.

Miss Nancy J. Miller was born Feb. 24, 1838 in Warren county, Tenn., and
was a daughter of the late Mr. Cyrus and Mrs. Elenor Miller,  where  she
grew to womanhood and was married to Mead B. Sparkman, Dec. 20, 1851 and
came to Barry county in 1852, where they  have  lived  practically  ever
since. Before  leaving  Tennessee,  one  child,  Dr.  John  Sparkman  of
Springdale Ark., was born, and then Dr. C.M. Sparkman of this city. Mrs.
Geo. Hall of Exeter, Solomon Sparkman of near  Washburn  and  Mrs.  S.T.
Sims of near Cassville, all devoted to their parents.  They  showed  and
proved their appreciation and love for their mother by their every  act,
for there was nothing left undone that mortal hands could do for her.

She died Tuesday, March 6, 1915, of infirmities attending old age,  aged
77 years, 1 month and 13 days, at the home of  her  daughter  Mrs.  S.T.
Sims, 5 miles Southeast of this city, surrounded by  her  relatives  and
friends.

Rev. Chas. Vanzandt in preaching the funeral services  at  the  Sparkman
home, Wednesday at 11 a.m., very feelingly spoke of the  good  life  she
had lived and dwelt on the importance of all those of  her  loved  ones,
who expected to meet her in that better  land,  to  make  the  necessary
preparations, because it is essential to eternal life.

After the services at the home where  a  large  number  of  friends  and
neighbors had assembled to pay the last tribute of respect, the  remains
were conveyed to the Washburn Prairie Cemetery, where they were intered,
to await a triumphal resurrection.

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