Hunt Co., TX - Obituaries - John Walter Sparks
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John Walter Sparks
    Celeste--John Walter Sparks, an elderly man who lived by himself
near Celeste, was found dead at his home Tuesday afternoon by a
neighbor who went looking for him after he had failed to be seen for
four days at the grocery in Celeste where he traded.
    Justice of the Peace Homer Wacasey conducted an inquest and rule
that death was from natural causes.  He said Mr. Sparks, who was
believed to be in his 80's had been dead about three days when his
body was discovered.  The discovery of the body was reported to the
Hunt County Sheriff's Department at 4:26 PM.
    He was a retired farmer and lived about three miles southwest of
Celeste (CR 1091).
    Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by
Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home in Greenville.    
    Survivors include a son of Dallas, a daughter of Bay City and a
brother-in-law, Tommy Waters, of Emory.
(April 3, 1968, The Greenville Herald Banner)
 
John Walter Sparks
    Celeste--John Walter Sparks, 83, died at 12:05 PM Sunday, March
31, 1968, at his home on RR 3, Celeste.
    Funeral services, under the direction of Coker-Mathews-Peters,
will be held at 2:00 PM today with Rev. Bob Layman officiating. 
Burial will be at Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce.
    Mr. Sparks was born December 21, 1884, in Celeste, the son of
Lawrence John Sparks and Hazel Pony Sparks.
    On December 22, 1913, he married the former Stella Fox.
    The former farmer and teacher was a member of the Baptist Church.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and one
sister.
    He is survived by his widow; two sons, Col. Belmont E. Sparks of
Los Angeles, California and L. J. Sparks of Commerce; a daughter,
Mrs. H. G. Boynton of Baytown; three brothers, A. B. Sparks of
Sulphur Springs, T. J. Sparks of Dallas, and Lawrence Benjamin Sparks
of Fort Worth; and a sister, Effie Lee McDaniel of Clovis New Mexico.
    He is also survived by eight grandchildren and numerous nieces
and nephews.
(April 4, 1968, The Greenville Herald Banner)