General Information

Birth
8 OCT 1916
Union Town, Crawford County, Arkansas
Death
4 JAN 2006
Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas

Notes

Myrtle Izeeta Sparks

89, of Natural Dam died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, in her home. She was born Oct. 8, 1916, in Uniontown. She was a cannery worker for Stilwell Foods and Campbells Soup, of the Baptist faith, a member of Independence Freewill Baptist Church and the widow of Thomas Sparks.

Graveside service will be 2 p.m. today at Hall Cemetery in Natural Dam under the direction of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home of Stilwell, Okla.

She is survived by three daughters, Faye Neal of Fort Smith, Stella Crittenden of Pocola and Charolette Bond of Natural Dam; four sons, Jeff Sparks of Elkins, Roy Sparks of Uniontown, Jim Sparks of Natural Dam and Tom Sparks of Evansville; a sister, Margie Goldman of Stilwell, Okla.; 21 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

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Parents

Bush S.R. Unger
- Father
1903 - 1980
Birth
13 NOV 1903
Arkanas
Death
13 AUG 1980
Oklahoma
Burial
Ewing Chapel Cemetery, Adair County, Stilwell, Oklahoma
Lucy Ross
- Mother
1905 - 1931
Birth
1905
Death
1931
Burial
Elm Grove Cemetery, Adair County, Stilwell, Oklahoma

Spouse

Thomas Benjamin Sparks
- Husband
1916 - 1994
Birth
4 MAY 1916
Crawford County, Arkansas
Death
4 JUN 1994
Arkanas
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Crawford County, Natural Dam, Arkansas

Children

Stella Sparks
- Daughter
Roy Lee Sparks
- Son
1943 - 2017
Birth
16 NOV 1943
Death
29 JUL 2017
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
Burial
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Sebastian County, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Evelyn June Sparks
- Daughter
1937 - 1975
Birth
14 DEC 1937
Death
16 JUL 1975
Burial
Hall Cemetery, Natural Dam, Crawford County, Arkansas