General Information

Birth
3 OCT 1900
Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
17 JUN 1991
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Alabam Cemetery, Madison County, Huntsville, Arkansas

Notes

The Madison County Record

Huntsville, AR

20 Jun 1991

Era Kay Sparks, 90, of 504 North College Street, Huntsville, Ark., died June 17, 1991, at Huntsville Memorial Hospital. She was born Oct. 3, 1900, at Kingston, Ark., the daughter of Eugene Scott and Josephine Elizabeth Basham Stamps. She was a homemaker and a member of the Huntsville Church of Christ. She was the widow of Albert Densmore Sparks, who preceded her in death on Feb. 9, 1980. She was preceded in death by three daughters, Mrs. Alberta Keeling on Jan. 12, 1962, Miss Imogene Sparks on March 4, 1984, and Mrs. Mary Bolinger on July 3, 1987.

Survivors include one son, Elton Sparks of Huntsville; three daughters, Mrs. Golda Skaggs of Huntsville, Mrs. Rema Hill of Fayetteville and Mrs. Roberta McElhaney of Turlock, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Stout of Buhl, Idaho, Mrs. Floye Perry and Mrs. Grace Casteel, both of Huntsville; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in the chapel of Brashears Funeral Home with Jim Caldwell, minister, and the Rev. Butch Bolinger officiating. Interment will be in Alabam Cemetery under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Terry Keeling, Phil Sparks, Jamie Sparks, Truman Skaggs, Shawn Skaggs and Arnold Luttrell. Honorary pallbearers will be Gerald Warren, Frank Davis, Pres Thomas, Leland Lewis, Gideon Howard and Earnest Spurlock.

Gravesite Details

shares headstone with Albert and Imogene

Spouse

Albert Densmore Sparks
- Husband
1893 - 1980
Birth
13 JAN 1893
Loy, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
9 FEB 1980
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
Burial
Alabam Cemetery, Madison County, Huntsville, Arkansas

Children

Alberta Keeling Sparks
- Daughter
Death
12 JAN 1963
Elton James Eugene Sparks
- Son
1925 - 2004
Birth
1 OCT 1925
Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
17 APR 2004
Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Huntsville Cemetery, Madison County, Huntsville, Arkansas
Rema Kay Sparks
- Daughter
Golda Sparks
- Daughter
Imogene Sparks
- Daughter
1984 - 1984
Birth
6 MAR 1984
Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas
Death
4 MAR 1984
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Burial
Alabam Cemetery, Madison County, Huntsville, Arkansas
Mary Sparks
- Daughter
Death
3 JUL 1987
Roberta Sparks
- Daughter