Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Sparks, Ceal Jack November 13, 2006
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Mitchell News-Journal 11/22/06  
CEAL JACK SPARKS 

SPRUCE PINE - Ceal Jack Sparks, 82, of the Ledger community, died Monday, Nov. 
13, 2006 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was the son of the late Dewey 
and Lessie Willis Sparks, and husband of the late Mary Pittman Sparks. He was 
also preceded in death by four brothers, Brown, Bill, Dewey Jr. and Mark 
Sparks; and one sister, Belle Brouilette. He was a retired salesman with 
Carolina Tire Company and worked part-time with his daughter at Nova Office 
and School Supply in Marion. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a 
member of Bear Creek Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, Sunday School 
teacher and choir member. He sang with the Bear Creek Quartet and with the 
Golden Age Singers at the Mitchell County Senior Center.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Kay Young of Spruce Pine, and 
Barbara “Bobbie” Young of Marion; one brother, Guy Sparks of Bakersville; and 
one granddaughter. 

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bear Creek Baptist Church. 
The Revs. Chris Rathbone and Harold Dellinger officiated. Burial followed in 
the church cemetery. The family received friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday 
at Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Memorial donations may be made to Bear 
Creek Baptist Church, 327 Bear Creek Church Road, Bakersville, NC 28705; or to 
the Mitchell County Senior Center, Ledger School Road, Bakersville, NC 28705.


 



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