VIOLA SPARKS
Thelma Resident
Dies Saturday
Services Held Tuesday
For Mrs. Viola Sparks
Mrs. Viola Sparks, 74, died at her home at Thelma, Ky.,
Saturday night, June, 18, 1955, following illness of nine
years.
The daughter of the late Andrew and Josephine Franklin
Fannin. She was born October 12, 1880, in Lawrence
County.
She had been a resident of Thelma for 42 years.
She was preceded in death March 12, 1949, by her husband,
D. O. Sparks.
Surviving are one son , Willie Sparks, Ashland, three
daughters, Mrs. Henry Collier, Ashland, Mrs. Earl Dawson,
David, Ky., and Mrs. Essie Newsome, Thelma,, and one
brother, William Fannin, Thelma.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 21, 1955, at the
Old Friendship Church at Williamsport with F. F. Rigsby
and Winfrey Meek as officiating ministers.
Burial was made in the family cemetery at Thelma under
the direction of the Jones and Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
6-22-1955
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