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Myrtle Ellis Sparks Obituary
Myrtle Ellis Sparks of Bakersville. NC went to be with the Lord whom
she loved and
faithfully served, Saturday, March 8.2008."Precious in the sight of
the Lord is the death
of his saints," She is reunited with her dear husband, Hankins
Sparks, to whom she was married for fifty years.
Born in Bakersville, NC, 1913, the daughter of Moses Tarpley (Tarp)
Ellis and Theodocia (Docia) Elmira Ellis; she was a homemaker, an
employee of Hampshire and
Burnsville Hosiery Mills, and Mayland Food Market. Myrtle was a
devoted, faithful wife,
a loving mother who sacrificed much for her children, and cared
deeply for her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a
faithful member of Bear Creek Baptist Church; previously a charter
member of Ledger Baptist Church and most recently attended Leesville
Road Baptist Church after she came to live in Lynchburg. Va. in
2004, with her daughter and son-in-law, Carland Carolyn Diemer. She
was always surrounded
with a loving family and a great host of friends whom she loved
dearly. She will be
remembered for blessing the lives of so many by her constant concern
for people, her
generous spirit and for joking and teasing others; "A merry heart
doeth good like a
medicine" (Proverbs 17:22),
She leaves to cherish her memory, two daughters, Carolyn Sparks
Diemer of Lynchburg, Va. Evelyn Sparks Slagle of Raleigh, NC and a
son, Hal Sparks of Logansville, GA. She will be missed greatly by
Carolyn and her husband Carl, grandson Curt and his wife Tammy,
granddaughter Christy, of Portland Oregon,
great grandson, James
and great grand daughter Anna, Amber and Alise of
Midlothian, VA.
She
also leaves to cherish her memory, her daughter Evelyn Slagle, her
husband Dan of
Raleigh. NC. grandson, Mark, grand daughters, Rachel. Sarah her
husband Chris Garrett; also by her son Hal and his wife Ann of
Logansville, GA, grand daughter, Nancy and her husband David Daniel,
great grandsons Reid and Mitchell and by grand daughter Sandy and
her husband, Tom DuMay. and triplet grand daughters, Brooke, Amber
and Taylor whom she adored and was able to visit and hold in
Logansville, Ga. in 2005 and again in
Raleigh. NC in 2006 at her niece's wedding. Myrtle was the last
survivor of Moses
Tarpley (Tarp) and Theodocia (Docia) Ellis. She was preceded in
death by one sister Atlas, and six. brothers: Carl, Earl, Paul, C.O.
Emmett and Cline. She leaves many nieces and nephews, and a host of
friends who will miss her kind words and beautiful smile.
The funeral service will be conducted at Bear Creek Baptist Church
Thursday March 13 at 4:00 PM by Pastor Chris Rathbone and Dr. Carl
Diemer. The family will receive
friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will
follow at ledger Cemetery
alongside her beloved husband.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions he made
to Leesville Road Baptist Church sound system fund.
Myrtle requested that memorial contributions might be made to Books
Without Borders.
P.O. Box 15176, Lynchburg, Va. 24502, a nonprofit missions
organization headed by her daughter, Carolyn Sparks Diemer or to the
upkeep of Ledger Cemetery, C/0 Ledger
Baptist Church, Church Rd,, Bakersville, NC, 28705 or to the upkeep
of Bear Creek
Cemetery, C/0 Bear Creek Baptist Church. Church Rd.. Bakersville, NC
28705, where many of her
relatives are buried. Condolences to the family may be sent to
diuguidfuneralservice.com (Lynchburg,
Va.) or to henline-hughes.com
(Bakersville, NC).
Henline – Hughes
Funeral Home in Bakersville, NC is assisting the family.
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