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Obituary:

VIVIAN - Funeral services will be held today at 3 p.m. in the Ida Baptist Church for Thomas J. Sparks, 73, who died Monday in a Shreveport hospital after a lengthy illness.

The Rev. Waymon Swain will officiate and burial will be in Bethsadia Cemetery under the direction of Hanner Funeral Home.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. B. W. Haywood of Shreveport, and Mrs. L. W. Coon of Calhoun; seven grandchildren; a brother, J. C. Sparks of New Orleans; a sister, Mrs. A. N. Atkins of Shreveport.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on December 3 & 4, 1963)

Thomas married Lillie Mae Bumgardner 6 Aug 1913, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lillie (daughter of Walker Reynolds Bumgardner and Julia T. M. Lockey) was born Apr 1892, Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 Sep 1955, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 14 Sep 1955, Bethsaida Cemetery - Ida, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Ida Mae Sparks was born 27 Aug 1915, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 8 Dec 1994, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried , Roselawn Memorial Gardens - Calhoun, Louisiana, USA.
2. Hazel P. Sparks was born 24 Nov 1917, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Jan 1991, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA; was buried 22 Jan 1991, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.