Martha Blanche Sparks^{[1, 2]}

1910 - 2011  (100 years)

• Name	Martha Blanche Sparks
  Born	4 Jun 1910	Friendsville, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 May 2011	Anderson, Indiana   [3]
  Buried	11 May 2011	Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I300429	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	George H. Sparks,   b. Aug 1871, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 25 Mar 2010  (Age ~ 138 years)
  Mother	Rachel L. White,   b. Sep 1873, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 25 Mar 2010  (Age ~ 136 years)
  Family ID	F117652	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Goldman
  Children	1. George Edward Goldman,   d. INFANT   2. Norma Lynn Goldman
  Family ID	F117655	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jun 1910 - Friendsville, Tennessee Buried - 11 May 2011 - Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Blanch Sparks Residence: , Blount, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1911 Age: 9 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Gender: Female Race: White Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Film Number: 1821729 Digital Folder Number: 4390801 Image Number: 00659 Sheet Number: 7 Household Gender Age Parent George Sparks M 51y Parent Rachell Sparks F 47y Mary Jane Sparks F 20y Bulah Sparks F 12y Blanch Sparks F 9y Linnie Sparks F 7y [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Blanche Sparks Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Plainfield Village, Blount, Tennessee Gender: Female Age: 19 Marital Status: Single Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1911 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 17 Family Number: 383 Sheet Number and Letter: 23B Line Number: 65 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2234 Film Number: 2341968 Digital Folder Number: 4548148 Image Number: 00583 Household Gender Age Parent George Sparks M 62 Parent Rachel Sparks F 58 Howard Sparks M 39 Blanche Sparks F 19 Ethel Sparks F 17 [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 5 May 2011. Martha Blanche Sparks Goldman June 04, 1910 - May 05, 2011 Birthplace: Friendsville, TN Resided In: Indianaplois Indiana USA Service: May 11, 2011 Cemetery: Grandview Cemetery Martha Blanche Sparks Goldman, age 100, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2011 in Anderson, IN. She was born on June 4, 1910, in the Binfield Community of Blount County TN to the late George Sparks and Rachel White Sparks. Blanche was a descendent of the late Nathan and Jane Sparks (grandparents) of Cades Cove. She graduated from Friendsville High School. She lived most of her adult life in Indianapolis, IN and the past 10 years lived with her daughter and son-in-law Norma Lynn Goldman Harris and John Harris in Anderson, IN. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Howard and Roy Sparks; sisters, Mary Jane, Arvie, Gertie, Ella Simerly, Tim VanMetre, and Beulah Aller; Nieces, Jan Coletto and Bobbie Glassburn; nephew, Roy Sparks, Jr. and infant son, George Edward Goldman. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Norma Lynn Goldman Harris and John Harris; nephews Mickey and Cheryl VanMetre, Ronald and Barbara Aller, Larry and Ellen Aller; nieces and husband, Jan VanMetre Cooper and Richard Cooper and Juanita Simerly Roney; many great nieces and nephews; and Norm and Gina Goldman and Peggy Goldman Payne and Jeff Payne. Celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday May 11, graveside in Grandview Cemetery, Rev. Ron Matthews, officiating. McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville, in charge 982-6812