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Billy Don Sparks

Male 1932 - 1996  (64 years)


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  • Name Billy Don Sparks  [1
    Birth 15 Mar 1932  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Apr 1996  Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Sabine County Reporter
      May 1, 1996, Page 18

      Billy Don Sparke, 64, of Yellowpine died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 1996, at his residence.

      Born March 15, 1932 in Sabine County, he was a lifelong area resident and a member of Yellowpine Macedonia Baptist Church. At the time of his death, Sparks was serving as chief deputy of the Sabine County Sheriff's Department and had previously served as a Sabine County Constable and on the Hemphill ISD board of trustees. He was a farmer/rancher and had previously been employed by the U. S. Forest Service. A U. S. Veteran of Korea, he was a member of the American Legion and a charter member of the Sabine County VFW Post #10351. He was also a member of Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge #305, the order of the Eastern Star, and Sharon Shrine Temple.

      Survivors: wife, Olllie Faye (McDaniel) Sparks of Yellowpine, a daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Rodney FRAZIER of Yellowpine; a sister, Betty THOMAS of Evadale; a brother, Odis Paul Sparks of Yellowpine; and four grandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by a daugher, Donna.

      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell officiating. Interment followed with Masonic rites at the Yellowpine Cemetery in Yellowpine.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)
    Person ID I27920  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Donna Faye Sparks,   b. 7 Dec 1957, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1992 (Age 34 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F9094  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2011 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Mar 1932 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Apr 1996 - Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.), May 1, 1996, Page 18 (Reliability: 3).