McLennan County, Texas - Obituaries - Thad P. Sparks ****************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Don Brownlee Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************** 23 February 1910 Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 3 Waco, Tex., Feb. 22 - Major Thad P. Sparks, aged 72, died today after lingering illness. The deceased was born in Alabama and came to Texas when a boy. He enlisted before the war in the Texas Rangers and served faithfully against hostile red men on the frontier. He also served in the Confederate Army. For twenty years he was an active business man of this city. He leaves a widow and nine sons and daughters. The funeral will take place tomorrow.