Mrs Sparks was my mother inlaw,she was a wonderful person she taught me to cook and I loved her very much. Henrietta Sparks,was survied by her husband,Joseph E Sparks and 3 sons,Joseph Otis,Cletus Howard,and James Hoit Sparks all of Gaffney,SC,and 6 daughters Vernie Wilburn,Blance Fox, Nellie Ramsey,Margaret Boyette,Gladys Mullinax,and Charsie crocker all of Gaffney.Her son Cletus is listed in Union memorial gardens in union,sc.And her son Cletus was born on her birthday. She was the wife of Joe Sparks .And the mother of Cletus Sparks.And of Otis Sparks.
Don't spend too much time in mourning
Tears are for the sad
I left to be with Jesus
And this should make you Glad.
Don't waste your hours in grieving,
No need to feel distress
I'm tired of lifes frustrations
and had to get some rest.
Don't vex yourself with questions
or try to reason why
Life here for me was ended;
It came my time to die.
Don't lose the love I gave you,
feed it with your care,
Grow it with devotion
and spread it everywhere.
Don't fret because my leaving
Came in such a way
We'll have another meeting
In God's Eternal day
Mrs. Sparks Is Taken by Death;
Rites Set Today
Mrs. Henrietta Banks Sparks, 60, wife of Joe Sparks, of Pacolet, route 1, died about 6 p. m. Tuesday at the Cherokee County Hospital following an illness of five days.
She was a native of Tennessee but had lived the greater part of her life in Cherokee county.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Primitive Baptist church in Gaffney by the Rev. Coleman Peterson and the Rev. Clyde Camp. Interment will follow in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. Until the time for the funeral the body will be at the home of a son, Joe Banks, at Alma Mills.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Banks is survived by six daughters, Mrs. John Levi, of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Woodrow Wilburn, Mrs. Eddie Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Crowder Ramsey and Mrs. Clayton Crocker, of Cherokee Falls; three sons, Joe Banks, of Gaffney, and Cletus and Hoyt Banks, of Pacolet; a sister, Mrs. Will Smith, of Clinton; a brother, George Banks, of Woodruff; a half-sister, Mrs. Henry Smyrtle, of Newport, Tenn. 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Don't spend too much time in mourning
Tears are for the sad
I left to be with Jesus
And this should make you Glad.
Don't waste your hours in grieving,
No need to feel distress
I'm tired of lifes frustrations
and had to get some rest.
Don't vex yourself with questions
or try to reason why
Life here for me was ended;
It came my time to die.
Don't lose the love I gave you,
feed it with your care,
Grow it with devotion
and spread it everywhere.
Don't fret because my leaving
Came in such a way
We'll have another meeting
In God's Eternal day
Mrs. Sparks Is Taken by Death;
Rites Set Today
Mrs. Henrietta Banks Sparks, 60, wife of Joe Sparks, of Pacolet, route 1, died about 6 p. m. Tuesday at the Cherokee County Hospital following an illness of five days.
She was a native of Tennessee but had lived the greater part of her life in Cherokee county.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Primitive Baptist church in Gaffney by the Rev. Coleman Peterson and the Rev. Clyde Camp. Interment will follow in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. Until the time for the funeral the body will be at the home of a son, Joe Banks, at Alma Mills.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Banks is survived by six daughters, Mrs. John Levi, of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Woodrow Wilburn, Mrs. Eddie Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Crowder Ramsey and Mrs. Clayton Crocker, of Cherokee Falls; three sons, Joe Banks, of Gaffney, and Cletus and Hoyt Banks, of Pacolet; a sister, Mrs. Will Smith, of Clinton; a brother, George Banks, of Woodruff; a half-sister, Mrs. Henry Smyrtle, of Newport, Tenn. 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Mrs Sparks was my mother inlaw,she was a wonderful person she taught me to cook and I loved her very much. Henrietta Sparks,was survied by her husband,Joseph E Sparks and 3 sons,Joseph Otis,Cletus Howard,and James Hoit Sparks all of Gaffney,SC,and 6 daughters Vernie Wilburn,Blance Fox, Nellie Ramsey,Margaret Boyette,Gladys Mullinax,and Charsie crocker all of Gaffney.Her son Cletus is listed in Union memorial gardens in union,sc.And her son Cletus was born on her birthday. She was the wife of Joe Sparks .And the mother of Cletus Sparks.And of Otis Sparks.
Don't spend too much time in mourning
Tears are for the sad
I left to be with Jesus
And this should make you Glad.
Don't waste your hours in grieving,
No need to feel distress
I'm tired of lifes frustrations
and had to get some rest.
Don't vex yourself with questions
or try to reason why
Life here for me was ended;
It came my time to die.
Don't lose the love I gave you,
feed it with your care,
Grow it with devotion
and spread it everywhere.
Don't fret because my leaving
Came in such a way
We'll have another meeting
In God's Eternal day
Mrs. Sparks Is Taken by Death;
Rites Set Today
Mrs. Henrietta Banks Sparks, 60, wife of Joe Sparks, of Pacolet, route 1, died about 6 p. m. Tuesday at the Cherokee County Hospital following an illness of five days.
She was a native of Tennessee but had lived the greater part of her life in Cherokee county.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Primitive Baptist church in Gaffney by the Rev. Coleman Peterson and the Rev. Clyde Camp. Interment will follow in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. Until the time for the funeral the body will be at the home of a son, Joe Banks, at Alma Mills.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Banks is survived by six daughters, Mrs. John Levi, of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Woodrow Wilburn, Mrs. Eddie Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Crowder Ramsey and Mrs. Clayton Crocker, of Cherokee Falls; three sons, Joe Banks, of Gaffney, and Cletus and Hoyt Banks, of Pacolet; a sister, Mrs. Will Smith, of Clinton; a brother, George Banks, of Woodruff; a half-sister, Mrs. Henry Smyrtle, of Newport, Tenn. 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Don't spend too much time in mourning
Tears are for the sad
I left to be with Jesus
And this should make you Glad.
Don't waste your hours in grieving,
No need to feel distress
I'm tired of lifes frustrations
and had to get some rest.
Don't vex yourself with questions
or try to reason why
Life here for me was ended;
It came my time to die.
Don't lose the love I gave you,
feed it with your care,
Grow it with devotion
and spread it everywhere.
Don't fret because my leaving
Came in such a way
We'll have another meeting
In God's Eternal day
Mrs. Sparks Is Taken by Death;
Rites Set Today
Mrs. Henrietta Banks Sparks, 60, wife of Joe Sparks, of Pacolet, route 1, died about 6 p. m. Tuesday at the Cherokee County Hospital following an illness of five days.
She was a native of Tennessee but had lived the greater part of her life in Cherokee county.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Primitive Baptist church in Gaffney by the Rev. Coleman Peterson and the Rev. Clyde Camp. Interment will follow in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. Until the time for the funeral the body will be at the home of a son, Joe Banks, at Alma Mills.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Banks is survived by six daughters, Mrs. John Levi, of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Woodrow Wilburn, Mrs. Eddie Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Crowder Ramsey and Mrs. Clayton Crocker, of Cherokee Falls; three sons, Joe Banks, of Gaffney, and Cletus and Hoyt Banks, of Pacolet; a sister, Mrs. Will Smith, of Clinton; a brother, George Banks, of Woodruff; a half-sister, Mrs. Henry Smyrtle, of Newport, Tenn. 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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