Frances Kathleen Sparks

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Mrs. Frances Kathleen (Sparks) Maxwell, age 94, longtime resident of San Augustine, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in San Augustine.
Frances was born to Audra (Ford) Sparks and Ernest Sparks on March 5, 1919, in San Augustine, Texas. She graduated from San Augustine High School in 1937. Thereafter attending Business School. She served as President of the Home Life Insurance Company in San Augustine for many years. She was a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, past member of the Eastern Star Chapter, Past City Council Person, was Mayor Pro tem for the City of San Augustine, Past member of the Chamber of Commerce, and Past Member of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments, and Past Board Member of Directors for First National Bank in Center. She was a member of the Christian Science.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, 2013, in the Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel, with interment following in the Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine. Visitation will be Thursday, April 11, 2013 from the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Wyman Roberts.

Those left to cherish her memory include, Grandson: Jason Wells and his wife Shelly of San Augustine; Granddaughters: Jeanna Wells Penick and her husband, Martin of Nacogdoches and Paula Wells of Nacogdoches; Great-grandchildren: Brady Wells, Casey Wells, Brandt Wells, Laura Penick, and Leslie Penick; Sisters: Betty Jean Cartwright of San Augustine and Claudine Selden of San Augustine; Sister-in-law: Agnes Sparks of San Augustine; along with numerous nieces and nephews, along with a special care-taker and friend; Rachel Renfroe of San Augustine.

She is preceded in death by her husband, David Maxwell; daughter, Ernestine Weaver Wells; her parents; Audra (Ford) Sparks and Ernest Sparks; Sister, Marie Roberts Lawrence; brothers, Beeman Sparks; Hugh Sparks, and LeRoy Sparks.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Daughters of the Republic of Texas or to the Christian Science Church.

Copied from Wyman Roberts Funeral Home Website
Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 17, 2013, Page 14

Notes:

His Find A Grave memorial page, ID 25702001, shows him as:

Son of Samuel Lawrence Sparks and Frances E. "Fannie" Freeland.

Grandson of Lawrence Ivan Sparks and Elizabeth Prince; James Freeland and Amanda Salter.

Sibling of Louis Oliver "Ollie", Alva, Eula Mae, Ever, Henry Hampton, Webster Francis, and Syble Lee.

Husband of Audra Eva Ford, married 7/25/1914.

Father of Beeman Rudolph, Dixie "Marie", Frances Kathleen, Hugh Bernice, Ernest "LeRoy", Betty Jean, and Claudine.

Ernest married Audra "Audrie" Eva Ford on 25 Jul 1914. Audra (daughter of Robert Lee Ford and Frances "Pinkie" Lee Baldree) was born in Feb 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1991 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
FindAGrave shows them as the parents of Beeman Rudolph, Dixie "Marie", Frances Kathleen, Hugh Bernice, Ernest "LeRoy", Betty Jean, and Claudine.

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXXC-RQS
name: Robert Lee Ford
death date: 21 Apr 1957
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Male
race: W
death age: 85 years 6 months 27 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 24 Oct 1871
birthplace: San Augustine County, Texas
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name:
father's name: Joe Ford
father's birthplace: Tenn.
mother's name: Jane Drawhorn
mother's birthplace: Tenn.
occupation: Farming
place of residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
cemetery: McMahan Chapel
burial place: Sabine County, Texas
burial date: 22 Apr 1957
additional relatives:
film number: 2135701
digital film number: 4163626
image number: 190
reference number: cn 22174
Collection: Robert Lee Ford, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 8
Enumerated 2 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 3A
24-24
Ford, Robert L Head W M Oct 1871 28 m 8 Tx Ala Tx Farmer
Ford, Pinkie L Wf W F Jan 1875 24 m 8 3/3 Tx Ark Ark
Ford, Laurie L Son M W Sept 1893 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Audrie Dtr W F Feb 1894 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Katie Dtr W F Jan 1896 4 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Lallrigus Son W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Smith, George Boarder W M Mch 1880 20 S Tx Ga Ga Farm Laborer
25-25
Jessie Ford 25
Meadow, Jane S Motehr 87
Worsham, Aelli Half sister 17

1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 27 apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 11A
170-177
Ford, Lee Head m W 38 m1 19 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Ford, Pinkie Wf F W 35 m1 19 5/5 Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Audra Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Kate Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Cury Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Ford, Paul Son M W 6 S Tx Tx Tx

Robert married Frances "Pinkie" Lee Baldree before 1904. Frances (daughter of John H. Baldree and Frances "Fannie" Rebecca Burns) was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Mar 1950 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1940 Federal Census, 17 year old Evelyn Baldree was living with she and Lee. Evelyn was listed as a Lodger.


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXFY-PVR
name: Pinkie Lee Ford
death date: 02 Mar 1950
death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
gender: Female
race: W
death age: 75 years 1 month 12 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 20 Jan 1875
birthplace: Sabine Co, Tx
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: John Baldree
father's birthplace: Ar
mother's name: Fannie Burns
mother's birthplace: Ar
occupation: Housewife
place of residence:
cemetery: McMahon
burial place: San Augustine, Tx
burial date: 03 Mar 1950
additional relatives:
Informant Lu Ford
film number: 2074338
digital film number: 4165885
image number: 1638
reference number: 13990
Collection: Pinkie Lee Ford, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, San Augustine County
Enumerated 23 and 24 Jun 1880
Page 30B SD 1 ED 80
256-256
Baldree, J H W M 35 Farmer Ala SC Ga
Baldree, Frances W F 35 Keeps House Ark Ala Ala
Baldree, James W M 12 Son At Home La Ala Ark
Baldree, Lilly W F 10 Dau La Ala Ark
Baldree, Francis W F 6 Dau Tx Ala Ark
Baldree, Loula W F 4 Dau Tx Ala Ark
Baldree, Dilla W F 2 Dau Tx Ala Ark

John married Frances "Fannie" Rebecca Burns before 1868. Frances was born in Dec 1846 in Arkansas; died about 1936; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Researcher Ralph Burns of Mississippi posted a note to her record on 1880 San Augustine County, Texas census, indicated her maiden name was BURNS. This matches the Texas Death certificate information for her children James, Pinkie, Lou, Della, and Eula.

In 1910, and again in 1930, she was enumerated with her daughter Della, and son-in-law, Emmett Cordray.

The following was inscribed on her tombstone: "Remember youth as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so you will be, Prepare for death and follow me."