MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Gladys Irene Boone Sparks, 6 Sep 2002
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GLADYS IRENE BOONE SPARKS
CHARLOTTE - Gladys Irene Boone Sparks, 91, died Friday, Sept. 6, 2002 
at Southminister Retirement Community. A native of Mitchell County, 
she was the daughter of the late Edward and Docia Jarrett Boone. She 
was also preceded in death by one daughter, Marguerite Elliott; and one 
grandson, Jeffery Uber. A member of Myers Park Baptist Church, she and 
her husband owned Mitchell Distributing Company. She was a member of 
Myers Park Country Club and a great supporter of classical music.
Survivors include her husband, Romulus B. Sparks of Southminister; one 
son, Michael Sparks of Fairview; three daughters, Geraldine Emmert, 
Martha Arcilesi and Anita Uber, all of Charlotte; a sister, Laura Lou 
Willis of Spruce Pine; nine grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Harry & Bryant Company 
"Chapel in the Oaks." Rev. Joseph Aldrich officiated. Burial followed 
in Sharon Memorial Park. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until 
the service hour, and from 4-5 p.m. at Southminister Retirement Community.


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