MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Estelle Gage Sparks, 24 Mar 2001
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ESTELLE GAGE SPARKS 

BAKERSVILLE – Estelle Gage Sparks, 92, died Saturday, March 24, 2001 in 
Asheville Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Reuben S. and 
Hattie Jane Gouge Gage, and wife of the late Robert B. Sparks. She was also 
preceded in death by two daughters, Betty Hughes and Joyce Sparks.  A 
homemaker, she was a member of Cub Creek Baptist Church. 

Survivors include five daughters, Phyllis McKinney, Emma Geouge and Louise 
Higgins of Spruce Pine, Patsy Connelly of Black Mountain, and Nina Long of 
Halifax, VA; one son, Howard Sparks of Spruce Pine; 10 grandchildren; and 11 
great grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes 
Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. David Vess and Larry Green officiated. 
Burial followed in Slagle Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. 
until the service hour at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to 
Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.