In Alphabetical Order, by Surname
SPAIN, Wilma Boyd (circa
1927-1987)
Wilma Spain
Mrs. Wilma Gladys Spain, 60-year-old resident of 227 Woodland Drive, died
of an extended illness in Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Employed at Century Electric, the Warren County native was a member of
the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Arzie Clifton and Josie Maxwell
Boyd. She is survived by a son and two daughters, Bobby Spain of
Elizabethtown, Nadine Walker of McMinnville, and Joan Underhill of Lake
Charles, La. She is also survived by a brother and three sisters,
Dwain Boyd, Winona Powers and Bonita Boyd, all of McMinnville Dortha Miller
of Nashville, and eight grandchildren. The body will be in state
at High Funeral Home parlors at 11 a.m. Monday. With interment scheduled
in Mt. View Cemetery, James Bond and Ernest Laws will conduct services
in the funeral home chapel at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Mon, 16 Mar 1987.
[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
SPAKES, Eddy Oscar (1886-1952)
Eddy Oscar Spakes, White county lumberman, died at his home near
Quebeck Friday morning at 9:40 o’clock. He had been ill 18 months
and was 65. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the Jericho Church of Christ. Wayne McMillen officiated and burial was
in the Jericho cemetery. A native of White county, Mr. Spakes was
born November 30, 1886. He was a son of Silas Spakes and Mary Denny Spakes
and he was married to Miss Nellie Foster, who survives. Mr. Spakes was
a member of the
Baptist church. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are four sons,
C.L. Spakes, Chattanooga, Clyde and Joe Lee Spakes, Quebeck, and Lotell
Spakes, Morristown; five daughters, Mrs. Ed Sparkman, Spencer, Mrs. Ray
Phifer, and Mrs. Lloyd Duiton, Quebeck, Mrs. Robert Silsby, St. Joe, California,
and Mrs. W. H. Jackson, Alcoa. Also one brother, Herman Spakes, Quebeck.
Arrangements were by High Funeral Home.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Fri, Feb 1,
1952, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio from her 4th Obituary Book, 2001]
SPARKMAN, Bernice Martin
(1915-1952)
Bernice M. Sparkman, 36, Veteran Of World War II, Dies In Michigan
Hospital
Bernice Martin Sparkman, 36, veteran of World War II, died in the Veterans
Administration hospital, Dearborn, Mich., December 19, following and illness
of a year. Funeral services were held December 23 at Bethlehem Cumberland
Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Rev. Smith of Cannon county officiated
and burial was Bethlehem cemetery. A native of Warren county, Mr.
Sparkman was born in May, 1915. He was a son of Isaac Robert Sparkman and
Hattie Belle Scott Sparkman and served with the U. S. Army in the Pacific
during World War II. Since his discharge from military service, he
had been employed in Michigan as a welder. Survivors,in addition
to his mother, include his wife, Mrs. Wyolene Sparkman, Dearborn,
Mich.; three brothers, L.B. Sparkman, Robert Sparkman and Collidge Sparkman,
and two sisters, Mrs. Pansy Dudley and Mrs. Judith Mullins, all of Detroit,
Mich. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Friday, January
4, 1952, p. 8.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
SPARKMAN, Cooper Landis
(1894-1952)
White Countian Dies In Hospital
Cooper Landis Sparkman of the Quebeck community of White county, died in
a Murfreesboro hospital Tuesday, April 8, following an extended illness.
He was 68. Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Quebeck Baptist Church and burial was in Preston Heights cemetery.
Mr. Sparkman, born in White county, October 11, 1894, was a son of Temple
Sparkman and Permelia Hunter Sparkman and he was married to Miss Pearl
Hill. She Survives. Mr. Sparkman was a veteran of World War I. In addition
to his wife, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Moore, Quebeck,
and Mrs. A.B. Ford, Washington, D.C.
Southern Standard, McMinnville,TN. Apr. 18, 1952,
p. 6.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
[Note: One of Cooper's sisters is listed as "Mrs. A.B. Ford of Washington, D.C."
It's actually Mrs. A.B. Ford of Washington state. I know this for a fact because she was my great aunt Willie Luetta Sparkman who was married to my great uncle Almarine Brawley Ford - she's also my grandmother's cousin. Bonnie Marston" Tue, 15 Nov 2005]
SPARKMAN, Dovie Ada (circa
1910 - 1986)
Dovie Sparkman
Dovie Ada Sparkman, 76, succumbed to a four year illness Monday at 3 p.m.
in River Park Hospital. Mrs. Sparkman was a homemaker and a member
of the Church of Christ. She was a daughter of the late Lucian and
Etta Boren Green. The Warren County native was the widow of the late
William L. Sparkman who died in 1979. Surviving are a son, Bill Sparkman
of McMinnville, a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Stoner of Green Hill, three brothers,
Everette Green of McMinnville, Elbert Green of Gath, Joe Green of Green
Hill, and four sisters, Mrs. Ophia Flander and Mrs. Dollie Greene, both
of Green Hill, Mrs. Valata Fletcher of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Hattie
Argo of McMinnville. Five grandchildren also survive. The service
is scheduled for Wednesday at 1 p.m. in McMinnville Funeral Home with Archie
Bonexter to officiate. Burial will follow in Webb Cemetery.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Wednesday, 5
Nov 1986.
[Contributor: Ladye Jane Hunter, 2000]
SPARKMAN, Emma Frances
(circa 1920 - 1994)
Gath resident Emma Sparkman dies
Gath community
resident and Coffee County native Emma Frances Sparkman, 74, died July
24 at Reliance Health Care Center after an extended illness. A retired
health care provider and a member of Temple Baptist Church, she was the
daughter of the late Will and Eliza Gertrude Underwood Skillings and was
preceded in death by her husband, Cleo Vernice Sparkman; one son, William
Vernice Sparkman and one grandson, Victor J. Young. She is survived
by three daughters, Elizabeth Keathley and Brenda Dodson, both of McMinnville
and Shirley Sue Clark of Washington, D.C.; one sister, Martha Magalene
Murphy of McMinnville; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Jim Tollison officiating. Burial will follow at Webb Cemetery
on Bluff Springs Road. McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Wednesday, 27
July 1994.
[Contributor: Ladye Jane Hunter, 2000]
SPARKMAN, Florence (????-1956)
Florence Sparkman Funeral Service Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Sparkman will be held at two o'clock
this afternoon at High's Chapel and burial in the Hash cemetery at Rock
Island, John W. High officiating. Mrs. Sparkman, a native of Van Buren
county, married Frank Sparkman who preceded her in death October 5, 1950.
Surviving are one step-son. Haskel Sparkman, Doyle; one step-daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Deaton, Doyle: three brothers, Will Rowland, Doyle, Henry
Rowland, Rock Island, and Burr Rowland, Walling; four sisters, Mrs. Will
Seamons and Mrs. Will Johnson both of Bone Cave, and Carol Neal and Miss
Martha Rowland both of Rock Island; and two grandchildren. High Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Mar. 6,
1956, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
SPARKMAN, Gladys C. (circa
1902 - 1993)
Doyle resident, Gladys Sparkman, dies
Route 1, Doyle resident and Warren County native Gladys C. Sparkman,
91, died Aug 13 at Middle Tennesee Health Care Center after an extended
illness. A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was
the daughter of Dow and Mattie Davis Chandler and was preceded in death
by her husband, L.D. Sparkman in 1981. She is survived by two daughters,
Grace Kell of Rock Island and Louise Kell of Doyle; one sister, Livina
Green of Walling; three brothers, Arnold and Conrad Chandler, both of Doyle
and Andrew Chandler of Rock Island; three grandchildren, Joann and David
Kell and Melissa Darnbush; and two great-grandchildren. Services
will be held today at 3:30 p.m. at High's Chapel with Garvin Haley and
Carl Gene Crawford officiating. Burial will follow t Mount View Cemetery.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Sunday, 15 August
1993.
[Contributor: Ladye Jane Hunter, 2000]
[Note: Louise Sparkman Kell's biological mother was Elvey Parker
who died when Louise was born. Elvey Parker was Lucious D. Sparkman's
first wife. ljh]
SPARKMAN, Ira Lee (1879
- 1953)
Ira Lee Sparkman Buried Friday
Funeral services for Ira Lee Sparkman, 74, were held Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Bethlehem Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Charles Powell and Lloyd Noble officiated and burial was in Bethlehem cemetery.
Mr. Sparkman, retired farmer. Died unexpectedly at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Lonnie Pinegar, at Yager, Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. A
native of Warren county, Mr. Sparkman was born March 11,1879. His parents
were Andrew Sparkman and Laura Gribble Sparkman and he was married to Miss
Mattie Turner December 20, 1908. She died August 21, 1944. Mr. Sparkman
was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Survivors, in addition to Mrs.
Pinegar, are two sisters, Mrs. Frank Glenn, McMinnville, and Mrs. Ida Stuckel,
Sacramento, Calif. High Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, July
9, 1953, p. 3.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
SPARKMAN, James Duaine
(1933 - 1952)
MEMORIAM
In memory of James Duaine Sparkman
who was killed November 23, 1952.
Our lips cannot tell how we miss him,
our hearts cannot tell what to say.
God alone knows how we miss him,
in a home that is lonesome today.
Mr and Mrs. C. R. Sparkman and family
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, Nov
19, 1953, p. 2.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
SPARKMAN, Kathy (circa
1947 - 1993)
Kathy Sparkman, 46 dies suddenly
McMinnville
resident and Warren County native Kathy Sparkman, 46, died suddenly April
1 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. An inspector at Genesco for 18
years and a member of the Class of 1964 at Central High School, she was
the daughter of the late Fred and Stella Bussell Duncan. She is survived
by her husband, Roy Sparkman; one son, Donnie Sparkman of McMinnville;
one daughter, Diane Bouldin of McMinnville; one sister, Patricia Crutcher
of McMinnville; one brother, Freddie Duncan of McMinnville; and two grandchildren.
Services will be held tody at 2 p.m. at High's with Ronnie Powell and Vernon
Joines officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Sunday 4 April 1993.
[Contributor: Ladye Jane Hunter, 2000.]
SPARKMAN, Lela Ward
(circa 1904 - 1979)
Mrs. Sparkman
Lela Ward Sparkman, 75, of Route 1, Doyle, died Tuesday in Atlanta,
Ga., following an extended illness. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday
in High's Chapel with Bob Winger officiating. Burial will be in Highland
Cemetery in Sparta. A native of Van Buren County, Mrs. Sparkman was married
to the late Gilford Dudley Sparkman. She was a homemaker and a member of
the First Christian Church in Sparta. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs.
Paul H. Wright of Atlanta, and two grandsons. High's Inc. is in charge
of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, 17 Jan 1979,
p. 2-A, col. 3.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK , 1998.]
SPARKMAN, Lou Dora (1875
- 1953)
Mrs. Sparkman’s Rites At McElroy Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lou
Dora Sparkman, widow of John Sparkman, were held Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock at McElroy in Van Buren county. J. Ross Redden officiated
and burial was in McElroy cemetery. Mrs. Sparkman, 77, died at her
home at Bone Cave Sunday at 9:12 a.m. following a four days’ illness. She
was born in Van Buren County July 14, 1875. Her husband died in 1916. She
was a member of the Baptist church. Survivors include one son, Clyde Sparkman,
Bone Cave, and one daughter, Mrs. J. H. Watley, Huntsville, Alabama, one
sister, Mrs. Betty Martin, Van Buren county, and two brothers, Willie Steakley,
Van Buren county and Harvey Head, Nashville.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, May
7, 1953, p. 4.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
SPARKMAN, Nannie Chambers
(1884-1952)
Mrs. Nannie Chambers Sparkman, 67, widow of J. M. Sparkman, died
Saturday morning at 9:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul
Phifer, Sparta Road. She had been in ill health for four years.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at East End
Church of Christ. offficiating was Rufe Higgins, minister of Chestnut Grove
Church of Christ, and John W. High and burial was in Mt. View cemetery.
Mrs. Sparkman was a native of Van Buren county, born December 2, 1884.
She was a daughter of Allen Chambers and Artamicha Tosh Chambers and for
the past several years had made her home with her daughter here.
Her husband died March 11. Mrs. Sparkman was a member of the
Church of Christ. Besides her daughter, she is survived by three
sons, Lee Sparkman, Hopkinsville, Ky.; Charles Sparkman, McMinnville, and
Gordon Sparkman, Plymouth, Mich.; seven brothers, C.E. Chambers, Dayton,
Max Elbert Chambers, Old Hickory, Elijah, Dan, Gaston, Elisha and Allen
Chamberrs, Dallas, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Cantrell, Dibrell,
Mrs. Jonah Hale, Spencer, and Mrs. Mary Hash, Dallas. High Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. 19 June 1952,
p. 8.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2001]
SPARKMAN, Thomas Duke (1922-1974)
Coronary Is Fatal To Tom Sparkman
Thomas Duke (Tom)
Sparkman, widely-known educator, coach and former star athlete, died of
a heart attack at his 206 Ben Lomand Drive residence at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Sparkman, 48, was principal of Dibrell School in this county.
A U.S. Naval veteran of World War II and Army veteran of the Korean War,
he was a native of White County and was married to the former Martha Jean
Phillips, who survives. They were married in 1950. A member
of the First United Methodist Church here, he was a son of the late James
Cooper and Emma Sparkman. Besides his wife, he is survived by two
sons, and a daughter, Jimmy and John Sparkman and Miss Milla Sparkman,
of this city; two brothers, Joe Sparkman, Chattanooga, and the Rev. Temp
Sparkman, Kansas City, Mo., and four sisters, Mrs. Pat Carpenter and Miss
Cooper Sparkman, Old Hickory, Mrs. Frances Lutz, Nashville, and Mrs. Ruth
Slatton, Sparta.
Mr. Sparkman
attended White County High School and following World War II graduated
from Middle Tennessee State University, class of 1949. He earned
his Master of Arts degree in December of 1972. He was head football
coach at McMinnville City High School for seven years, also coaching basketball,
and was head football coach at Warren County Senior High School for two
years, originating the annual "Pioneer Day" celebration. A member
of White County High School's outstanding 1942-43 conference and district
championship basketball team, Mr. Sparkman was to have been one of the
players honored at basketball homecoming when the Warriors hosted the Pioneers
at Sparta Friday night.
With the Rev.
John B. Sessoms, Jr., officiating, funeral services were held in the First
United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday, interment being in Mt. View Cemetery.
High's, Inc. was in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Mon, 21 Jan
1974, p. 2-B.
[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2002]
SPURLOCK, Bob (1880 - 1953)
See
Savage, Will (1874 - 1953)
SPURLOCK, Joseph Finis (1908 - 1953)
Rites Tuesday For Joe F. Spurlock, 44
Funeral services for Joseph Finis (Joe Billy) Spurlock, 44, were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the colored Church of Christ with
Calvin Dowell officiating. Burial was in the Riverside cemetery.
Spurlock, a well known colored resident, died in his living quarters at
county jail, where he was employed as janitor by Sheriff Eldridge Youngblood,
Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. His death was attributed to a heart
attack. A native of Warren county, Spurlock was born April 5, 1908.
He was a son of William Spurlock and Mary Nelling Spurlock and he is survived
by two brothers, Frank and Walter Spurlock, McMinnville; seven sisters,
Harriet Brown, Lydia Henegar, Ruby Smith, Allie Ramsey, Maggie Matthews
and Jessie Thurman, all of McMinnville, and Annie Bell Ramsey, Painesville,
Ohio. Arrangements were by High's.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN, Thursday, January
1, 1953.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, 2000]
STANLEY, Mary Rose Bennett
(circa 1918-1992)
Mary Stanley
McMinnville
resident and Warren County native Mary Rose Stanley, 74, died April 10
at River Park Hospital, after an extended illness. A homemaker and
a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of William and Alice
Khimes Bennett and was preceded in death by her husband, John Kendrick
Stanley, in 1975. She is survived by two sons, Carl and Larry Stanley,
both of McMinnville; two daughters, Betty Scott and Carolyn Dunn, both
of McMinnville; one brother David Lee Bennett of Detroit; two sisters,
Agnes Caven and Lula Teufel, both of McMinnville; 10 grandchildren;
and eight great-grandchildren. Services will be held today at 2 p.m.
at High's Chapel with Perry Cotham, Harold Jones and Dr. Davis Glenn officiating.
Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. High Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Sun,
12 April 1992.
[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
STARKEY, Andrew (1880
- 1953) (Colored)
Funeral Services for Andrew Starkey, colored resident of the
ninth district, are tentatively set for today (Thursday) at Vervilla. The
hour will be announced by High Funeral Home. Burial will be in Vervilla
cemetery. The deceased passed away at his home near Morrison Friday
evening at 6:30 o’clock, following a week’s illness. He was 73. A native
of Warren county, the colored farmer was born January 6, 1880. He was a
son of James Starkey and Annie Brown Starkey and he was married to Icie
Bonner in 1902. She died March 23, 1950. Starkey included five sons, George
and Grady Starkey, Detroit, Mich., Howard Starkey, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jack
Starkey, Morrison, and Thurman Starkey, Chicago, Ill.; four daughters,
Sadie Solomon, Morrison, Rosena Lusk, Rock Island, Mollie Mitchell, Detroit,
and Ruby Hawkins, Nashville. Also two sisters, Emma Starkey, Morrison,
and Minnie White, Detroit.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Thursday, Nov
5 , 1953, p. 7.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2000.]
STEPP, Ann Moore (circa
1917-1986)
Warren County native Mrs. Ann M. Stepp, a resident of Orlando,
Fla since 1963, died of an extended illness Monday in the John Milton Nursing
Home, Kissimme, Fla. at the age of 69. The widow of Errett Stepp
who preceded her in death in 1963, she was a member of the Baptist Church
and a daughter of the late Tom and Betty Davis Moore. She is survived
by a daughter and two sons, Melba Unger of Orlando, Gibb Stepp of Kissimmee
and Jack Stepp of Sanford, Fla. She is also survived by three sisters,
Louise Tuck of McMinnville, Lorrain Hill of Orlando, Betty Woody of Nashville,
13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Visitation will be
from 3 to 10 p.m. Thursday. Garvin Haley will conduct services in
High Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow
in Mr. View Cemetery.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Wed, 12
Feb 1986, p. 2.
[Contributor: L.J. Hunter, 2001]
STEPP, James H. (Jim) (circa
1875-1952)
Rites For James Stepp Held At Shiloh Cemetery
James H. (Jim) Stepp, brother
of the late F.M. Stepp of McMinnville, died at his home in Donelson, near
Nashville, Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. He was 77. Funeral services
were held at the chapel of Pettus and Owen Funeral Home in Nashville Saturday
morning and the body was brought to Shiloh in the 7th district for burial
that afternoon. A prayer service was held at the grave prior to the burial.
Mr. Stepp was a native of Warren county and was well known here. He was
a member of one of the county's prominent families and it was his father
who contributed the land for the Shiloh church and cemetery. He had lived
near Nashville for a number of years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Ora Payne Stepp, Donelson; a daughter, two sons, a step-daughter, stepson
and a brother, Mack Stepp, Tracy City. Also eleven grandchildren.
Southern Standard, McMinnville, TN. Fri, 25 Jan
1952, p. 1.
[Contributor: Maxine Reggio, Bethany, OK, 2001]
