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Obituary

Bro. Hugh Sparks

Funeral Services for Bro. Hugh Sparks, 73, of San Augustine were held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1994, at the Wyman Roberts Funeral Chapel in San Augustine. Interment followed at Liberty Hill Cemetery.

He died Sunday, July 31, at Woodland Heights Medical Center hospital in Lufkin.

Bro. Sparks had served 28 years a pastor of the Liberty Springs United Methodist Church in Sabine County near Milam. He was a lifelong resident of the San Augustine County area.

Survivors: wife, Inez Sparks of San Augustine, a daughter, Debbie Adkins of Athens; a son H.B. Sparks of Center; three sisters, Frances Maxwell and Betty Jean Cartwright, both of San Augustine, and Claudine Selden of Longview; a brother, Beeman Sparks of San Augustine; and six grandchildren.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, August 3, 1994, page 10

Hugh married Anna Inez King before 1952. Anna (daughter of Bronson Cooper King and Marie Patterson) was born on 20 Jan 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Mar 2011 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried on 3 Apr 2011 in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
April 6, 2011, Page 11

Mrs. Inez Sparks was born January 31, 1926 in Hemphill, Texas, to Bronson and Marie (Patterson) King. She entered into rest on March 30, 2011 in a Tyler Hospital.

She was retired from San Augustine ISD where she had worked for many years as a teachers aid. She was a member of the Bridge Club and a member of First United Methodist Church in San Augustine.

She is survived by her son H.B. Sparks and his wife Charlotte of Center; daughter Debra Adkins of Tenaha; grandchildren Ashley Golden and D.D., Hillary Sparks, Tanya Byley, Clifton Byley and Amanda, Winter Ogeda, Tiffany Anderson, Timothy; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters Charlotte Walker and Trent of Lufkin; sisters-in-law Betty Jean Cartwright, Frances Maxwell, Claudine Selden, Agnes Sparks; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents; husband Hugh Sparks.

Funeral services will be Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. in Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel with Sara Barbaree and Bro. Jim Moss officiating and burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday April 2, 2011 from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home.

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His Find A Grave memorial page, ID 25702001, shows him as:

Son of Samuel Lawrence Sparks and Frances E. "Fannie" Freeland.

Grandson of Lawrence Ivan Sparks and Elizabeth Prince; James Freeland and Amanda Salter.

Sibling of Louis Oliver "Ollie", Alva, Eula Mae, Ever, Henry Hampton, Webster Francis, and Syble Lee.

Husband of Audra Eva Ford, married 7/25/1914.

Father of Beeman Rudolph, Dixie "Marie", Frances Kathleen, Hugh Bernice, Ernest "LeRoy", Betty Jean, and Claudine.

Ernest married Audra "Audrie" Eva Ford on 25 Jul 1914. Audra (daughter of Robert Lee Ford and Frances "Pinkie" Lee Baldree) was born in Feb 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FindAGrave shows them as the parents of Beeman Rudolph, Dixie "Marie", Frances Kathleen, Hugh Bernice, Ernest "LeRoy", Betty Jean, and Claudine.

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Name: Bronson Cooper King
Death Date: 05 May 1968
Death Place: Pineland, Sabine, Texas
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Estimated Birth Date: 1903
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Father's Name: Jesse King
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Mother's Name: Texassa Mcclanahan
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Film Number: 2137029
Digital Film Number: 4029811
Image Number: 565
Reference Number: 37649
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In his "FM 1...From One End to the Other" series, Ronald Barlow writes that "Bronson Cooper King (1902-1968) was the first baby boy born in Bronson. Dr. Cooper delivered him. (Nicknames-Part II, The Sabine County Reporter, April 4, 2018, Page 5"

Bronson married Marie Patterson before 1926. Marie (daughter of Walter G. Patterson and Pattie May White) was born about 1902 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]