James Walter Sparks

1900 - 1973  (72 years)

• Name	James Walter Sparks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	15 Dec 1900	Scott, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Name	James Sparks  [9]
  Name	James W Sparks  [11]
  Name	James W Sparks  [10]
  Name	Walter J Sparks  [7]
  Name	Walter Sparks  [12]
  Name	Walter Sparks  [13]
  Name	Walter Sparks  [2]
  Name	Walter Sparks  [8]
  Reference Number	28592
  Residence	1910	Floyd, Scott, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1930	Gladeville, Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Timberman
  Residence	1935	Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Residence	1940	Gladeville Mag D, Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Occupation: Laborer; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1942	Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head of House: Self; Height 6 1; Weight 160; Complexion Ruddy; Hair Color Gray; Eye Color Gray
  Residence	1950	Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA   [10]
  	Occupation: Timberman; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
  Residence	Bef 1951	Virginia, USA   [9]
  Burial	1973	Wise, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Death	29 Apr 1973	Norton, Virginia, USA   [3, 4, 9]
  Person ID	I28592	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Humphrey Morgan Sparks,   b. 15 Jul 1864, Kentucky, USA d. 14 Sep 1939, Scott, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Lyons,   b. 1869, Scott, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	14 Apr 1897	Scott, Virginia, USA   [14, 15]
  Family ID	F18983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Jane Wireman,   b. 27 Mar 1905, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 6 Oct 1995 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1922	Wise, Virginia, USA   [8]
  Children	1. Mary E Sparks,   b. 14 Feb 1925, Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 13 Mar 2008, Lititz, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 2. Ada Ruth Sparks,   b. 23 Jan 1927, Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 8 Mar 1996 (Age 69 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   3. Fannie Alice Sparks,   b. 26 Apr 1929, Virginia, USA d. 2011, Norton, City of Norton, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] + 4. Beulah Mae Sparks,   b. 2 Feb 1931, Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 18 Sep 2004 (Age 73 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] > 5. Georgia Loretta Sparks,   b. 16 Dec 1936, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1976, Wise, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio] > 6. Living > 7. Living   8. Living   9. Texana Sparks,   b. 16 Dec 1948, Wise, Virginia, USA d. 6 Sep 2013, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F18974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Dec 1900 - Scott, Virginia, USA Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1910 - Floyd, Scott, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Jun 1922 - Wise, Virginia, USA Residence - 1935 - Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA Residence - Relation to Head of House: Self; Height 6 1; Weight 160; Complexion Ruddy; Hair Color Gray; Eye Color Gray - 1942 - Tacoma, Wise, Virginia, USA Residence - Occupation: Timberman; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married - 1950 - Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, USA Residence - Bef 1951 - Virginia, USA Burial - 1973 - Wise, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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