JAMES ROBERT SPARKS (1955) Woodruff County, Arkansas

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Joe Hicks/this was my wife's great grandfather.

Augusta Newspaper, Woodruff County 1955

James Robert Sparks,
Retired Farmer, Dies
At Home in Augusta

James Robert Sparks, 83, retired farmer and merchant, died Wednesday 
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Harrison Williams, in Augusta.
    Born in Alabama, he had lived in Augusta about 60 years.  He was 
a Methodist.
    Survivors include two sons, Arthur Sparks, San Fernando, Calif., 
and Claud Sparks, Augusta; five other daughters, Mrs. Lena Collier of 
Little Rock, Mrs. Ed Smith, Mrs. Lydia Phillips and Mrs. Claud Conner 
of Augusta, and Mrs. Walter Moore of Tuscaloosa, Ala; two sisters, 
Mrs. Ida Seldey, Alabama City, Alabama and Mrs. Mollie Thornhill of 
Birmingham.
    Funeral arrangements have been tentatively set for Friday at the 
Methodist Church in Augusta by the Rev. O. D. Peters, pastor.  Burial 
will be in Union Cemetery by Herbert Holmes Funeral Home.
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