John Woodrow Sparks^{[1, 2]}

1911 - 1975  (64 years)

• Name	John Woodrow Sparks
  Born	15 May 1911	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	District 6, Blount County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	14 Aug 1975  [4]
  Buried	Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I224055	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Samuel Lafate Sparks,   b. 18 Dec 1870, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Jul 1944  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Laura Texana Gregory,   b. 13 Apr 1876, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Nov 1927, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 51 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1893
  Family ID	F82746	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Laura Bell Cooper,   b. 14 Aug 1917, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Sep 1991  (Age 74 years)
  Children	+ 1. Gaynell Sparks,   b. 6 Feb 1933, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Apr 2015, Spalding Regional Medical Center, Griffin, Georgia  (Age 82 years)   2. May Belle Sparks,   b. 1 Nov 1935,   d. 1 Mar 1936  (Age 0 years) + 3. Betty Joe Sparks,   b. Abt 1936, Tennessee  (Age ~ 88 years) + 4. James Roy "Bud" Sparks,   b. 20 Jan 1936, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jan 2007, Georgia  (Age 70 years)   5. Billy Sparks,   d. Bef 11 Jan 2007   6. Darlene Sparks,   d. Bef 11 Jan 2007   7. Paulette Sparks,   d. Bef 11 Jan 2007   8. Peggy Sue Sparks,   d. Bef 11 Jan 2007 + 9. Ellis "Ed" Sparks,   b. 20 Mar 1944,   d. 11 Aug 2015, Tennova North Knoxville Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years) + 10. Judy Ann Sparks,   b. 9 May 1949,   d. 28 Jan 2013, Henry Medical Center, Stockbridge, Georgia  (Age 63 years)   11. John "Tater" Sparks   12. Pete Sparks   13. Shirley Sparks   14. Joyce Sparks   15. Dena Sparks
  Family ID	F134153	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 May 1911 - Tennessee Buried - - Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Cathy Jenkins [cjenkins@chartertn.net], 16 Oct 2007. [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Woodrow W Sparks Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Cade´s Cove, Blount, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 18 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1912 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Brother-in-law Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 25 Family Number: 10 Sheet Number and Letter: 1B Line Number: 57 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2234 Film Number: 2341968 Digital Folder Number: 4548148 Image Number: 00803 Household Gender Age Milburn J Cable M 34 Josephine Cable F 32 Edna L Cable F 11 Nina L Cable F 9 Vona B Cable F 7 Herbert J Cable M 5 Samuel L Cable M 2 Charlene T Cable F 0 Sam L Sparks M 61 David E Sparks M 25 Chas B Sparks M 23 Woodrow W Sparks M 18 Eugene L Sparks M 15 Lucile E Sparks F 12 [S112] Census, 1940. name: Woodrow Sparks titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Binfield, Civil District 6, Blount, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 30 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Head birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1910 residence in 1935: Rural, Blount, Tennessee enumeration district number: 5-7 family number: 306 sheet number and letter: 17A line number: 34 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3874 digital folder number: 005461280 image number: 00173 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Woodrow Sparks M 30 Tennessee wife Laura Sparks F 26 Tennessee daughter Gay Nelle Sparks F 6 Tennessee daughter Bettie Joe Sparks F 4 Tennessee son Bud Sparks M 2 Tennessee son Sparks M 0 Tennessee [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 14 Aug 1975. Sparks, John Woodrow Sr. Birth: 5-15-1911 Death: 8-14-1975 Father: Not Listed Mother: Not Listed Cemetery: Cades Cove Missionary Bapt. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 9688507).