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John Richard Sparks

Male 1943 - 2012  (69 years)


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  • Name John Richard Sparks  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 10 Jan 1943  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Aug 2012  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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
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    Family ID F5580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2012 

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [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.).

    3. [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).