Frances Kathleen Sparks

1919 - 2013  (94 years)

• Name	Frances Kathleen Sparks  [1]
  Birth	5 Mar 1919	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Apr 2013	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas   [1]
  Notes	Mrs. Frances Kathleen (Sparks) Maxwell, age 94, longtime resident of San Augustine, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in San Augustine. Frances was born to Audra (Ford) Sparks and Ernest Sparks on March 5, 1919, in San Augustine, Texas. She graduated from San Augustine High School in 1937. Thereafter attending Business School. She served as President of the Home Life Insurance Company in San Augustine for many years. She was a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, past member of the Eastern Star Chapter, Past City Council Person, was Mayor Pro tem for the City of San Augustine, Past member of the Chamber of Commerce, and Past Member of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments, and Past Board Member of Directors for First National Bank in Center. She was a member of the Christian Science. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, 2013, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with interment following in the Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine. Visitation will be Thursday, April 11, 2013 from the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Wyman Roberts. Those left to cherish her memory include, Grandson: Jason Wells and his wife Shelly of San Augustine; Granddaughters: Jeanna Wells Penick and her husband, Martin of Nacogdoches and Paula Wells of Nacogdoches; Great-grandchildren: Brady Wells, Casey Wells, Brandt Wells, Laura Penick, and Leslie Penick; Sisters: Betty Jean Cartwright of San Augustine and Claudine Selden of San Augustine; Sister-in-law: Agnes Sparks of San Augustine; along with numerous nieces and nephews, along with a special care-taker and friend; Rachel Renfroe of San Augustine. She is preceded in death by her husband, David Maxwell; daughter, Ernestine Weaver Wells; her parents; Audra (Ford) Sparks and Ernest Sparks; Sister, Marie Roberts Lawrence; brothers, Beeman Sparks; Hugh Sparks, and LeRoy Sparks. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Daughters of the Republic of Texas or to the Christian Science Church. Copied from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Website Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 17, 2013, Page 14
  Person ID	I43146	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 - 5 Mar 1919 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Death - 10 Apr 2013 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Burial - - Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine 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.), April 17, 2013, Page 14 (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).