EARL THOMAS SPARKS 1946-1968 FORMER COUNTIAN EARL SPARKS, 21 DIED FEBRUARY 11 Earl Thomas Sparks, 21, died Sunday, February 11, in Spears Hospital at Dayton, Ohio after an illness of one day. Born May 26, 1946 in Johnson County, he was the son of Ira and Malissa Ellen Green Sparks. He was employed by Fishel Construction Co., in the Cincinnati area. He had lived at Dayton, Ohio for the past year. Survivers including his parents, are his wife, Loretta Gray Sparks and two daughters, Tammie Sue and Lesa Marie, both at home. Additional survivors include twelve brothers and sister, Leslie sparks of Columbus, OH, Dewey Sparks, Obetz, OH, Ralph and Levi Sparks of Mason, OH, Gladys Rice and Dorothy Jones of Chicago, IL, Hazel Rice of Union, OH, Carl Sparks of Coldsprings, Georgene Boggs of Burlington, Ollie Francis Shelton of Sheltonville, Bill Sparks and Ethel Ruth Sparks of Lowmansville. Funeral services were held Thursday, February 15, 10:30 a.m. in the Georges Creek United Baptist Church with O. I. Williams, Florida Lyons and Charlie hackney officiating. Burial followed in the McKenzie Cemetery at Lowmansville under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home. Paintsville Herald Paintsville KY. February 1968.
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