Claudine Sparks

1931 - 2017  (86 years)

• Name	Claudine Sparks  [1]
  Birth	10 Jul 1931	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Dec 2017	Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Y  [1]
  Notes	Claudine Selden, age 86, of San Augustine, passed from this life on Tuesday evening, December 19, 2017, in Jacksonville, Texas. Memorial Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, December 22, 2017, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, 316 West Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972. Officiating will be Sherry Harding. Claudine was born to Audra Eva (Ford) Sparks and Ernest Richard Sparks on July 10, 1931, in San Augustine. After graduating from San Augustine High School, she briefly studied to be a concert pianist at Stephen F. Austin State University before marrying Bobby Selden. Her career was spent working alongside her family at the company founded by her father, Ernest R. Sparks, in the early 1930's, Home Life Insurance Company of Texas. Claudine's heart to serve led her to take on many leadership positions in her community. She was active in the San Augustine Chamber of Commerce, serving as President in 1984. She also served as Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star, board member of the Deep East Texas Council of Government, and an active member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas along with several additional civic organizations. She is survived by, daughters, Synthia Marie Richey and husband, Patrick of Jacksonville; Toni Rene' Brothers and husband, Scott of San Antonio; son, Robert Zackery Selden and wife, Cara of Marble Falls; her beloved grandchildren, Jonathan; Christopher; Nicholas; and Meagan Richey; Brittany and Jacob Brothers, Zachary and Jarrett Selden; her beloved great grandchildren, Beaux and Garrison Richey and Elizabeth Selden; her beloved sister, Betty Jean (Sparks) Cartwright of San Augustine; Sister-in-law, Agnes W. Sparks of San Augustine, along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Richard and Audra Eva (Ford) Sparks; Siblings, Beeman Sparks; Marie Sparks Lawrence; Hugh Sparks; Frances Sparks Maxwell, and Leroy Sparks. Downloaded from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Also published in the Sabine County Reporter, December 27, 2017, Page 5
  Person ID	I47019	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Ernest Richard Sparks,   b. 13 Dec 1890, Old Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana d. 16 May 1956, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Audra "Audrie" Eva Ford,   b. Feb 1894, Sabine County, Texas d. 29 Aug 1991, San Augustine County, Texas (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1914  [2]
  	FindAGrave shows them as the parents of Beeman Rudolph, Dixie "Marie", Frances Kathleen, Hugh Bernice, Ernest "LeRoy", Betty Jean, and Claudine.
  Family ID	F12732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Jul 1931 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Death - 19 Dec 2017 - Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), December 27, 2017, Page 5 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 25702001 (Reliability: 3).