J. Otis Sparks Taken by Death; Funeral Is Held
Joseph Otis Sparks, 34, of 2119 Cherokee avenue, died about 3:45 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for the past month.
Mr. Sparks, an employee of Alma Mills, was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church. He was born in Laurens and had lived here 29 years.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Temple Baptist Church. The Rev. Boyd Becknell, pastor of Trinity, the Rev. Joe C. Belcher, pastor of Temple, and the Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford Hatcher Company in charge.
The pallbearers were J. C. Campbell, Billy Gibbons, James Broome, Grady Allen, Pate Cooper and Boyd Patrick.
Mr. Sparks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Patterson Sparks; a daughter, Ann, and a son, Reggie Sparks; his father, John E. Sparks; six sisters, Mrs. John Levi, Mrs. Woodrow Wilbur, Mrs. Crowder Ramsey, Mrs. Clayton Crocker, Mrs. Luther Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax; and two brothers, Cletus and Hoyt Sparks, of Gaffney.
The Gaffney Ledger Gaffney, South Carolina 13 Dec 1956, Thu Page 1
Contributor: Tom Dover (47151054)
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Otis was married to Ruth Peterson and they had two children,Ann Sparks and Reggie Sparks.He was the son of Henrietta Sparks and Joseph Sparks and brother of Cletus Sparks.
The baby picture is of Ann sparks,she was the daughter of Otis and Ruth 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
Joseph Otis Sparks, 34, of 2119 Cherokee avenue, died about 3:45 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for the past month.
Mr. Sparks, an employee of Alma Mills, was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church. He was born in Laurens and had lived here 29 years.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Temple Baptist Church. The Rev. Boyd Becknell, pastor of Trinity, the Rev. Joe C. Belcher, pastor of Temple, and the Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford Hatcher Company in charge.
The pallbearers were J. C. Campbell, Billy Gibbons, James Broome, Grady Allen, Pate Cooper and Boyd Patrick.
Mr. Sparks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Patterson Sparks; a daughter, Ann, and a son, Reggie Sparks; his father, John E. Sparks; six sisters, Mrs. John Levi, Mrs. Woodrow Wilbur, Mrs. Crowder Ramsey, Mrs. Clayton Crocker, Mrs. Luther Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax; and two brothers, Cletus and Hoyt Sparks, of Gaffney.
The Gaffney Ledger Gaffney, South Carolina 13 Dec 1956, Thu Page 1
Contributor: Tom Dover (47151054)
___________________________________________
Otis was married to Ruth Peterson and they had two children,Ann Sparks and Reggie Sparks.He was the son of Henrietta Sparks and Joseph Sparks and brother of Cletus Sparks.
The baby picture is of Ann sparks,she was the daughter of Otis and Ruth 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
J. Otis Sparks Taken by Death; Funeral Is Held
Joseph Otis Sparks, 34, of 2119 Cherokee avenue, died about 3:45 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for the past month.
Mr. Sparks, an employee of Alma Mills, was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church. He was born in Laurens and had lived here 29 years.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Temple Baptist Church. The Rev. Boyd Becknell, pastor of Trinity, the Rev. Joe C. Belcher, pastor of Temple, and the Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford Hatcher Company in charge.
The pallbearers were J. C. Campbell, Billy Gibbons, James Broome, Grady Allen, Pate Cooper and Boyd Patrick.
Mr. Sparks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Patterson Sparks; a daughter, Ann, and a son, Reggie Sparks; his father, John E. Sparks; six sisters, Mrs. John Levi, Mrs. Woodrow Wilbur, Mrs. Crowder Ramsey, Mrs. Clayton Crocker, Mrs. Luther Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax; and two brothers, Cletus and Hoyt Sparks, of Gaffney.
The Gaffney Ledger Gaffney, South Carolina 13 Dec 1956, Thu Page 1
Contributor: Tom Dover (47151054)
___________________________________________
Otis was married to Ruth Peterson and they had two children,Ann Sparks and Reggie Sparks.He was the son of Henrietta Sparks and Joseph Sparks and brother of Cletus Sparks.
The baby picture is of Ann sparks,she was the daughter of Otis and Ruth 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
Joseph Otis Sparks, 34, of 2119 Cherokee avenue, died about 3:45 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for the past month.
Mr. Sparks, an employee of Alma Mills, was a charter member of Trinity Methodist Church. He was born in Laurens and had lived here 29 years.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Temple Baptist Church. The Rev. Boyd Becknell, pastor of Trinity, the Rev. Joe C. Belcher, pastor of Temple, and the Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin, pastor of the Buford Street Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in Oakland cemetery with the Shuford Hatcher Company in charge.
The pallbearers were J. C. Campbell, Billy Gibbons, James Broome, Grady Allen, Pate Cooper and Boyd Patrick.
Mr. Sparks is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth Patterson Sparks; a daughter, Ann, and a son, Reggie Sparks; his father, John E. Sparks; six sisters, Mrs. John Levi, Mrs. Woodrow Wilbur, Mrs. Crowder Ramsey, Mrs. Clayton Crocker, Mrs. Luther Boyette and Mrs. John Mullinax; and two brothers, Cletus and Hoyt Sparks, of Gaffney.
The Gaffney Ledger Gaffney, South Carolina 13 Dec 1956, Thu Page 1
Contributor: Tom Dover (47151054)
___________________________________________
Otis was married to Ruth Peterson and they had two children,Ann Sparks and Reggie Sparks.He was the son of Henrietta Sparks and Joseph Sparks and brother of Cletus Sparks.
The baby picture is of Ann sparks,she was the daughter of Otis and Ruth 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
