John Richard Sparks

1943 - 2012  (69 years)

• Name	John Richard Sparks  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	10 Jan 1943	San Augustine County, Texas   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 2012	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Burial	Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	White and Toole show him as a son of Beeman [Rudolph] Sparks and Gertha Williams, and grandson Ernest Richard Sparks and Audra Eva Ford. Obituary John Richard Sparks, 69, died in his home Tuesday night after an illness. Richard was born in San Augustine, TX, to Beeman R. and Gertha Williams Sparks. He graduated from San Augustine High School in 1961 and from Stephen F. Austin University in 1965. Richard and his wife Judy lived in Pineland where he worked and retired as purchasing agent for Temple Inland, Pineland Division. Richard was very active in in the community and civic activities, and being active in sports all his life, he had the opportunity to be the baseball coach of the West Sabine Tigers in the spring of 1981. After retirement Richard and Judy moved to Hemphill on Toledo Bend. Richard was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hemphill. Richard is survived by his wife, Judy Carter Sparks of Hemphill, his daughters, Jennifer Morgan and her husband Billy of Diboll and Joanna Smith and her husband Paul of Conroe, his grandchildren, Paige Elizabeth Morgan, Peyton Michelle Morgan and Landon Carter Smith. He is also survived by his sister Cornelia Sparks Lockey of San Augustine, his nieces Lisa Ann Lockey and Leslie Kay Lockey, and his nephew Eddie Lockey, II. Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 8:00PM, Thursday, August 16, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00AM, Friday, August 17, 2012, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Hemphill Cemetery. from www.starrfuneralhome.com A nearly identical obituary was published in The Sabine County Reporter on August 22, 2012, Page 14
  Person ID	I14143	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F5580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Jan 1943 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 14 Aug 2012 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S266] Ancestry.com - Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database online], (Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche.). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), August 22, 2012, Page 14 (Reliability: 3).