Selma June Sparks

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June Nicklebur Yates

Services for June Nicklebur YATES, 73, of Lufkin will be held at 10:00 am Friday in the Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Freeman Bryant and Rev. Paul Mettler officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery.

Mrs. Yates was born June 2, 1929, in San Augustine, Texas the daughter of Ednie E. (MURRAY) and Henry Jewel SPARKS. She died Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at her residence.

Mrs. Yates was a retired LVN, and had been employed with Memorial Medical Center for more than ten years. She was a member of the United Pentecostal Church, and had resided in Lufkin for the past 14 years.

Survivors include her husband, Lyndon B. YATES of Broaddus; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Frances SCARBER of Broaddus, Eddie and Brenda PARKER, Kenneth and Cathy PARKER, Charles McLEMORE and Stephanie BERRY, all of Lufkin, daughters and sons-in-law, Quita and Mike SMITH of Broaddus, Elaine PARKER of Lufkin, LaNiece and Mike SPLITTER of Louisiana, thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild; and sister Maggie LANDRUM of Chireno.

Pallbearers will be Roy Mettlen, Gus Brewer, Jerry Harvey, Homer Utley, Ricky Clark, and Randy Clark.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice in the Pines, 116 S. Raguet, Lufkin, Texas.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Thursday evening at the Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Home. Gipson-Metcalf Funeral Directors of Lufkin.

Selma married Thomas David Scarber before 1948. Thomas was born on 10 Jan 1920; died on 10 Jul 1991 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Jaquita Yvette Scarber was born on 20 May 1952 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died on 22 Jan 2014 in Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas.

Selma married Albert Parker before 1957. Albert was born on 29 Jun 1923; died on 5 Apr 1994 in Hardin County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
June and Albert were presumably married the first time circa 1957, before the birth of their children. The Texas Marriage Index shows they married again later in life, on 3 April 1980 in San Augustine County. Their second marriage also ended in divorce.

1. Eddie Joe Parker was born on 29 Jan 1957 in Hardin County, Texas; died on 26 Jun 2008 in Huntington, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 29 Jun 2008 in Attoyac Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
2. Dorothy Elaine Parker was born on 19 Mar 1958 in Hardin County, Texas; died on 21 Nov 2014 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
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Selma married John Lynn McLemore before 1960. John (son of Vessie Eugene McLemore and Nina Ophelia Fuller) was born on 26 Dec 1932 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 13 Sep 2007 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 16 Sep 2007 in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2. Living

Selma married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Selma married Joe Carroll Nickelbur on 18 Jun 1990 in Jasper County, Texas. Joe was born about 1936; died on 9 Aug 1990 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Selma married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Ednie E. Murray about 1928 in Texas. Ednie was born about 1911 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]