May 22, 2003

Pages 3977-3979
Whole Number 159

INDEX OF DEATHS IN TEXAS, 1903-1940

Compiled by Gerald H. Sparks

[We are indebted to Gerald H. Sparks, Maj., USAF Ret,,  P.O. Box 443, Runge, Texas, 78151, for recording for us the deaths of persons named Sparks between 1903 and 1973 that occurred in Texas, as registered at the Texas State Library.  Maj. Sparks has performed the further service of arranging these by county.  Because our editorial policy in publishing The Sparks Quarterly is to limit our inclusion to persons born before about 1900, we include here only those in dividuals who died between 1903 and 1940, believing that most of these Sparkses were probably born before 1900.  We shall be glad to respond, however, to any query from a reader seeking information on Sparks deaths in Texas from 1940 to 1973, as recorded by Maj. Sparks.]

Anderson County, Texas

Neva Francis Sparks, 24 June 1934 Angelina County, Texas
 

Angelina County, Texas

Nugone Sparks, 19 December 1936
 

Archer County, Texas

Alice E. Sparks, 27 May 1924

Austin County, Texas

Sid Sparks, 4 October 1926
 

Bandera County, Texas

Male, White, Sparks, 17 April 1913
Artia Nooma Sparks, 13 January 1912
Gilbert Noah Sparks, 19 April 1939
Newton Caddel Sparks, 16 April 1924
Permelia Ann Sparks, 22 February 1929
 

Baylor County, Texas

V. J. Sparks, 24 April 1929

Bee County, Texas

Ruth Sparks, 15 November 1921
 

Bell County, Texas

Ella Sparks, 19 June 1925
J. W. Sparks, 9 January 1933
Lloyd (Lloid) Sparks, 12 September 1934
Matilda Sparks, 10 January 1925
Mollie Sparks, 14 December 1917
Wade H. Sparks, 3 August 1933
Will Sparks, 17 August 1929
William Calvin Sparks, 11 April 1938
 

Bexar County, Texas

Alfred Newton Sparks, 5 January 1932
Charles Hy Sparks, 1 June 1939
Claude M. Sparks, 30 January 1921
Dan Sparks, 3 June 1915
David Sparks, 8 December 1938 (Added note: Wife, Mary Yates)
Fred Sparks, 8 March 1939
Fred R. Sparks, 14 December 1925
Jerry Kennady Sparks, 20 September 1925
Lena May Sparks, 15 February 1935
Mae Sparks, 9 July 1940
Margurite Sparks, 8 April 1934
Patricia Joan Sparks, 2 March 1936
Permelia E. Sparks, 25 May 1923
Infant of R. Sparks, 18 July 1923
William Arthur Sparks, 5 November 1922
William R. Sparks, Jr., 9 March 1930
William Thomas Sparks, 30 March 1921
 

Blanco County, Texas

George William Sparks, 1 March 1935  

Bosque County, Texas

J. F. Sparks, 19 April 1932
Mary Lucy Sparks, 4 September 1939
Robert Wallace Sparks, 21 April 1928
 

Bowie County, Texas

George W. Sparks, 5 March 1925
Urite Sparks, 27 February 1938
 

Brazoria County, Texas

Mary Elizabeth Sparks, 24 April 1934
 

Brazos County, Texas

D. T. Sparks, 4 September 1930
Joseph Sparks, 14 May 1940

[Editor's Note: This listing of Texas deaths will be continued in future issues of the Quarterly.]

Page 4141-4145

Whole Number 162

INDEX OF SPARKS DEATHS IN TEXAS, 1903-1940

Compiled by Gerald H. Sparks

[In the Quarterly of September 1992, Whole No. 159, on page 3977, we began the listing of deaths of persons named Sparks registered at the Texas State Library between 1903 and 1940. In that issue, we included the following coun­Lies in which deaths of Sparkses were recorded between these two dates: Ander­son, Angelina, Archer, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, and Brazos. We continued this listing in the March 1993 issue, Whole No. 161, beginning on page 4095. En this latter listing, we included the following counties: Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Cameron, Carson, Cass, Castro, Cherokee, Clay, Coke, Cole­nan, Collingsworth, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Dewitt, Dickens, Dimmit, Eastland, Ellis, El Paso, Erath, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Freestone, Galveston, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Harris, Harrison, and Hill. We now continue this listing. We are indebted to Gerald H. Sparks, VIaj., USAF Ret., P.O. Box 443, Runge, Texas 78151, for copying for us all Sparks deaths recorded at the Texas State Library from 1903 to 1973, and for arranging these by county. Here we list only those who died between 1903 and 1940, on the assumption that most of these individuals were probably born prior to about 1900. We shall be glad to check the complete list for any member interested in a Sparks death after 1940 but before 1973.]

HOPKINS COUNTY

~‘Irs. Bell Sparks, 26 August 1907

Fannie T. Sparks, 18 October 1929

J. S. Sparks, 10 April 1938

HOUSTON COUNTY

Decia L. Sparks, 19 February 1920

Harriet Rebecca Sparks, 11 April 1937

Lyddia Emily Sparks, 17 August 1920

HUNT COUNTY

Enfant of Chester Merlin Sparks, 3 April 1911

Edward Alonzo Sparks, 28 August 1911

Evelyn Addena Sparks, 18 May 1935

John 0. Sparks, 18 December 1937

Leonard M. Sparks, 27 December 1929

~‘Iargarete Sparks, 17 January 1925

Dllie Ann Sparks, 26 February 1913

Roy Jean Sparks, 16 August 1931

Winsome Sparks, 1 December 1922

HUTCHINSON COUNTY

Roy Ruban C. Sparks, 14 April 1927

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Charlie Sparks, 22 March 1936

Edwin Sparks, 18 June 1914

4142 SPARK DEATHS IN TEXAS, 1903-1940, continued:

JOHNSON COUNTY

Alfred Sparks, 6 August 1914

Bobbie Lee Sparks, 9 August 1937

John Taylor Sparks, 25 November 1938

John W. Sparks, 11 November 1930

Mary Gertrude Weaver, 30 December 1929

Shellie Ozema Sparks, 7 September 1917

JONES COUNTY

B. B. Sparks, 20 May 1938

Jimmie Leslie Sparks, 22 June 1938

Johnie Ruth Sparks, 5 June 1927

Lelia Annie Sparks, 28 February 1921

KAUFMAN COUNTY

F.    W. Sparks, 24 March 1919

J.    T. Sparks, 26 November 1935

James Monroe Sparks, 24 May 1929

Josie Sparks, 23 April 1930

Llesie Sparks, 20 February 1923

Sara A. Sparks, 2 May 1907

Will Sparks, 28 September 1936

KNOX COUNTY

Mrs. V. J. Sparks, 31 December 1926

LAMAR COUNTY

B. F. Sparks, 10 December 1936

H.   H. Sparks, 7 May 1922

LAMB COUNTY

James Buchaman Sparks, 23 February 1930

LIAMPASAS COUNTY

Emly Parlee Sparks, 13 September 1938

Fredrick Theodore Sparks, 21 March 1914

Harvey D. Sparks, 24 August 1917

Lucy B. Sparks, 12 January 1925

M.   V. B. Sparks, 12 December 1914

Sarah Jane Sparks, 3 June 1918

LA SALLE COUNTY

Hermanda J. Sparks, 8 February 1915

LEE COUNTY

Mrs. M. L. Sparks, 25 April 1904

Samuel Isaac Sparks, 6 March 1924

Emma Sparks, 12 September 1931

Frank Sparks, 14 March 1937

LIBERTY COUNTY

Hannah Sparks, 15 August 1931

Infant of John Sparks, 15 October 1920

Lida Sparks, 19 October 1920

Louisa Sparks, 22 August 1936

Pleasant Sparks, 15 December 1937

Zeila Sparks, 16 June 1908

LIMESTONE COUNTY

Alf Sparks, 14 July 1932

Allen Sparks, 23 February 1927

Aron Sparks, 29 August 1932

Blake Sparks, Jr., 21 October 1933

Dorothy Allen Sparks, 14 February 1927

Ike Sparks, 22 February 1938

Infant of John Sparks, 22 June 1921

John Sparks, 13 December 1925

Malvon Sparks, 18 August 1938

Palmira Sparks, 9 January 1926

Sarah Cordelia Sparks, 18 July 1938

Terrell Sparks, 6 July 1938

William R. Sparks, 15 November 1932

LIVE OAK COUNTY

Darhleen Sparks, 30 August 1930

Genned N. Sparks, 9 February 1938

Henry Francis Sparks, 20 March 1933

Jim R. Sparks, 22 October 1934

Walter Frank Sparks, Sr., 30 April 1931

LUBBOCK COUNTY

Alfred Sparks, 14 February 1925

Mrs. John A. Sparks, 16 February 1936

Lawrence Sparks, 12 January 1934

Sam D. Sparks, 19 December 1929

T.  A. Sparks, 29 August 1919

MATAGORDA COUNTY

Bern Gene Sparks, 13 April 1932

Herbert Sparks, 11 February 1918

Herbert Gustard Sparks, 9 October 1918

J.   Arthur Sparks, 14 December 1923

Infant of J. L. Sparks, 30 July 1931

Wesley Sparks, 9 April 1926

William Sparks, 5 May 1933

McCULLOCH COUNTY

Elizabeth Annette Sparks, 8 May 1937

Jim G. Sparks, 30 September 1925

Mrs. Martin Vanbun Sparks, 11 April 1926

Van Tee Sparks, 10 July 1926

McLENNAN COUNTY

Alice Joyce Sparks, 24 August 1937

Arthur Sparks, 8 June 1914

Asa C. Sparks, 8 November 1926

Dalton Mae Sparks, 1 July 1919

Elenor Sparks, 13 May 1938

Ellis Sparks, 8 April 1913

Ernest C. Sparks, 3 May 1928

Frank Sparks, 1 May 1913

Harriet Sparks, 30 April 1911

Hattie Sparks, 27 September 1914

Henrietta S. Sparks, 18 April 1927

Henry Sparks, 30 December 1932

Ida Sparks, 11 April 1918

Ida Bentley Sparks, 8 March 1938

Jerry M. Sparks, 13 September 1940

John M. Sparks, 8 February 1918

l'Josephine Sparkea, 28 Febrary 1944

Julia Ellen Sparks, 27 March 1932

Laura A. Sparks, 18 February 1928

Maggie Sparks, 15 July 1918

Margaret Eleta Sparks, 29 December 1931

Martha Ann Sparks, 26 April 1934

Mary E. Sparks, 9 December 1921

Mary H. Sparks, 17 May 1927

Mildred Louis Sparks, 13 October 1918

Mollie B. Sparks, 7 February 1917

Rebecca Sparks, 26 February 1934

Riedo Sparks, 24 January 1923

Robert Sparks, 22 July 1914

Stephen Franklin Sparks, Jr., 14 April 1933

Thomas C. Sparks, 10 February 1936

Thomas M. Sparks, 9 January 1930

Tom Sparks, 10 December 1934

Tommie Sparks, Jr., 27 April 1914

Infant of Tommie Sparks, 14 January 1921

Tommie Sparks, 11 July 1931

Vina Sparks, 15 May 1931

MILAM COUNTY

Isaac S. Sparks, 1 February 1931

Porter Sparks, 16 January 1930

Lula Mae Sparks, 2 July 1922

MITCHELL COUNTY

Infant (white, female), 12 July 1904

Alfred Cyril Sparks, 7 November 1938

Charlie Martin Sparks, 8 September 1933

MONTAGUE COUNTY

Mary Nell Sparks, 4 February 1920

Oscar Selman Sparks, 29 October 1938

MIDLAND COUNTY

Homer Sparks, 4 June 1903

S.   J. Sparks, 27 January 1933

Willie Sparks, 28 May 1903

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

George A. Sparks, 19 January 1933

John A. Sparks, 23 January 1933

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY

Albert Joel Sparks, 18 March 1934

Annie Mae Sparks, 15 December 1935

Cynthia Sparks, 15 March 1928

Edward Sparks, 12 March 1931

Elizabeth W. Hazle Sparks, 4 October 1935

Jesse Dora Sparks, 17 January 1919

John William Sparks, 30 May 1938

Julia Elizabeth Sparks, 23 February 1932

Martha Sparks, 28 Octobr 1918

Mary Helen Sparks, 1 December 1935

Minnie Ola Sparks, 15 July 1940

Sam Sparks, 26 June 1919

T.    A. Sparks, 10 August 1928

Walter Graham Sparks, 25 March 1933

NAVARRO COUNTY

Ada Sparks, 2 July 1916

Alice Sparks, 11 April 1914

Clie E. Sparks, 6 November 1937

Infant of Cliff Sparks, 1 June 1915

Caroine Sparks, 6 November 1921

Ella Sparks, 16 October 1931

F.    J. Sparks, 26 October 1922

Infant of H. T. Sparks, 18 August 1923

Ida B. Sparks, 15 November 1912

Jessie Sparks, 14 September 1918

Killis Nall Sparks, 19 June 1934

Mary Sparks, 17 June 1924

Robert A. Sparks, 18 May 1921

Walter Sparks, 21 January 1918

Minnie Sparks, 25 March 1922

NUECES COUNTY

James M. Sparks, 9 December 1932

NOLAN COUNTY

Sam Sparks, 3 November 1931

Sam Houston Sparks, 2 November 1931

—4146— INDEX OF SPARKS DEATHS IN TEXAS, 1903-1940, continued:

ORANGE COUNTY

C.   V. Sparks, 6 February 1923

PALO PINTO COUNTY

Vester Roy Sparks, 13 May 1930

PANOLA COUNTY

Martha Sparks, 27 July 1931

PARKER COUNTY

Johnnie Sparks, 15 March 1919

POLK COUNTY

Andrew M. Sparks, April 27, 1928

POTTER COUNTY

Elmer Lee Sparks, Jr., 4 March 1929

Gilbert Ray Sparks, 18 September 1940

Helen Mary Sparks, 24 January 1934

Jessie E. Sparks, 15 September 1917

Joseph Lee Sparks, 25 December 1935

Margary Ellen Sparks, 3 September 1934

Sallie Sparks, 31 August 1937

[This record of Sparks deaths in Texas will be the Quarterly.]

[In the Quarterly of September 1992, Whole No. 159, on page 3977, we began the listing of deaths of persons named Sparks registered at the Texas State Library between 1903 and 1940. This listing was continued in the issue for June 1993, Whole No. 162, beginning on page 4141. Here we conclude this compilation. We are indebted to Gerald H. Sparks, Maj., USAF Ret., P.O. Box 443, Runge, Texas 78151, for copying for us all Sparks deaths recorded at the Texas State Library from 1903 to 1973, and for arranging these by county. Here we list only those who died between 1903 and 1940, on the assumption that most of these individuals were probably born prior to about 1900. We shall be glad to check the complete list for any member interested in a Sparks death in Texas after 1940 but before 1973.]

RAINS COUNTY
Clifton Lee Sparks, 26 January 1917
J. C. Sparks, 23 November 1918
Willie Sparks, 15 October 1918

RED RIVER COUNTY
Al N. Sparks, 26 April 1939
Mort Sparks, 20 September 1905

REEVES COUNTY
Ishmeel Sparks, 31 May 1930

RUNNELS COUNTY
F. A. Sparks, 13 September 1935
J. S. Sparks, 22 December 1936
Loda Lauretta Sparks, 11 December 1935

RUSK COUNTY
Emma Sparks, 13 February 1935
Sara Sparks, 16 May 1914

SABINE COUNTY
Crawford Jacob Sparks, 6 March 1930
Marline Sparks, 30 August 1923

SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
James Hawkins Sparks, 20 November 1923
Infant of Walter Sparks, Jr., 2 November 1927
John Joseph Sparks, 24 November 1924

SCURRY COUNTY
Mary E. Sparks, 22 April 1924
W. P. Sparks, 15 December 1938

SMITH COUNTY
Billie Jack Sparks, 27 October 1928
Joe Clifton Sparks, 13 December 1936
Louisa E. Sparks, 25 August 1924

SOMARVELL COUNTY
Licy Cala Sparks, 15 January 1925

STEPHENS COUNTY
Daniel Sparks, 6 June 1914
Letta Dona Sparks, 16 September 1932
Lucile Sparks, 24 June 1926

TARRANT COUNTY

Charles Henry Sparks, 16 July 1921
Infant of Clifford Sparks, 14 March 1937
Corella Sparks, 24 December 1921
Dorthy D. Sparks, 3 August 1920
Dorothy Juanita Sparks, 20 February 1932
Elsie Sparks, 2 January 1940
Frank Sparks, 20 September 1929
Fred B. Sparks, 28 May 1927
Fredrick Sparks, 16 February 1926
Harold 0. Sparks, 11 April 1937
J. W. Sparks, 7 October 1907
James Chalmus Sparks, 4 May 1939
James Earl Sparks, 2 February 1928
Jesse Sparks, 6 April 1914
Joe Cleveland Sparks, 20 April 1939
John Henry Sparks, 27 June 1935
John N. Sparks, 13 May 1939
Julius B. Sparks, 20 June 1915
Lonzo D. Sparks, 4 December 1971
Louie Franklin Sparks, 2 January 1919
Luvenia Sparks, 10 December 1930
Margaret Sparks, 9 July 1920
Margeurite Thea Sparks, 18 February 1926
Minnie S. Sparks, 18 April 1920
Olie C. Sparks, 15 November 1936
S. M. Sparks, 13 October 1918
Sally Sparks, 13 December 1926
W. J. Sparks, 20 September 1934
Will R. Sparks, 26 October 1918

TAYLOR COUNTY
Annie Sparks, 22 June 1932
C. M. Sparks, 12 March 1928

TITUS COUNTY
Mrs. A. J. Sparks, 15 January 1929
Parlay Sparks, 6 May 1926
Thomas Dean Sparks, 7 March 1923
W. C. Sparks, 6 April 1923

TOM GREEN COUNTY
J. T. Sparks, 6 March 1931
John Ramsey Sparks, 4 July 1932
Sussie Belle Sparks, 25 June 1918
Charles Sparks, 30 May 1936
E. T. Sparks, 17 September 1936

TRAVIS COUNTY
Isaac West Sparks, 22 March 1928
Iva Lee Sparks, 17 December 1918
Mrs. J. P. Sparks, 15 December 1909
Jessie Sparks, 7 October 1936
Joe B. Sparks, 13 February 1922
Sam Sparks, 6 July 1933
Sarah Sparks, 10 June 1929
Tom Sparks, 12 January 1939

TRINITY COUNTY
Infant White Male, Sparks, 15 April 1905

VAN ZANDT COUNTY
Clara, Sparks, 26 July 1940
Mrs. L. 3. Sparks, 17 January 1928

VICTORIA COUNTY
Ary Britton Sparks, 2 September 1924
Edith Sparks, 26 July 1927
Evelyn May Sparks, 24 November 1923
Infant of F. C. Sparks, 18 October 1920
Infant of F. C. Sparks, 4 August 1925
Frederick C. Sparks, Jr., 19 June 1931
Grace Lone Sparks, 8 June 1937
J. E. Sparks, 31 October 1930
Junlee Sparks, 6 February 1926
Mrs. S. E. Sparks, 3 March 1923
W. A. Sparks, 26 July 1912

WALKER COUNTY
Leander J. Sparks, 21 November 1940
William 0. Sparks. 26 July 1917

WALLER COUNTY
Tobe Sparks, 3 May 1921
 

WHEELER COUNTY
Leo F. Sparks, 28 March 1932

WICHITA COUNTY
Charlain Sparks, 20 October 1923
Infant of J. P. Sparks, 16 December 1927
Pearl Sparks, 14 January 1919
Ruth Isabell Sparks, 24 January 1930
Mrs. William Sparks, 6 April 1929
William Warren Sparks, 12 June 1931

WISE COUNTY
Infant White Female Sparks, 5 February 1904
B. M. Sparks, 27 January 1931
John Sparks, 8 April 1925
Martha Ann Sparks, 29 March 1930
Mary G. Sparks, 7 June 1937
Swift Sander Sparks, III, '22 December 1938
Swife Sanders Sparks, 30 November 1940
William H. Sparks, 1 July 1940

WOOD COUNTY
Bertha Sparks, 17 January 1924
J. D. Sparks, 28 August 1932
Maud Sparks, 25 March 1935
William Daniel Sparks, 16 May 1936

YOUNG COUNTY
Albert W. Sparks, 23 January 1937
Etta Eliza Sparks, 5 July 1932
Mrs. Leroh E. Sparks, 10 October 1936
Laura Etter Sparks, 15 October 1936
Mrs. M. H. Sparks, 21 February 1935

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