OTHIE SPARKS 1911-1993 Othie Sparks, 81, of Flat Gap, died Friday in Paul B. Hall Medical Center. Mr. Sparks was born May 6, 1911, in Johnson County, a son of the late Doc and Kate Medley Sparks. He was a retired Maintenance man and a member of the Kerz Enterprise Church. Surviving are his wife, Gusta Sparks; three sons, Willard Sparks of Sunbury, Ohio, Darwin Sparks of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Russell Sparks of Delaware, Ohio; four daughters, Betty Evans, Judy Lewis and Anna Edwards, all of Sanbury and Marilyn Lemaster of Marion, Ohio; three brothers, Rupert Sparks of Springfield, Ohio, Mack Sparks of Oil Springs and Faldo Sparks of Catlettsburg; two sisters, Leslie Sparks of Springfield and Alta Sparks of Chillicothe, Ohio; 16 grandchildren; and 18 great- grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Kurz Enterprise Baptist Church at Flat Gap by Ellis Hamilton, Hobert Meade, and Paul Keaton, ministers. Burial will be in Sparks family cemetery at Flat Gap. Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at Bryan Fraley & Son Funeral Home in Paintsville. Publication Unknown July 3, 1993 Submitted By: DEBRA RICHARD DUNFORD
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