| Obit For | Nancy J. (Miller) Sparkman |
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| Headline | NANCY J. SPARKMAN - DIED LAST TUESDAY |
| Text | The life of another dearly beloved mother has gone out at a ripe old age. Vain is the attempt to measure the loss of a wife and mother to a husband and children. After all the poets have sung and lovers dreamed, outside of heaven there is no love like mother-love. The love of a mother for her children passeth human understanding. The husband bowed down with age, was grief stricken over the passing of his beloved companion, because for over sixty-three years they had lived happily together and had been devoted to each other and had shared each others joys and sorrows, on the pathway of life. She died in the full hope of an eternal life, because for over fifty years she had been a humble follower of the meek and lowly Nazarene, which insures eternal life in that bright and happy land, free from all troubles, trials and tribulations. All this time she had been a member of the Baptist Church. Miss Nancy J. Miller was born Feb. 24, 1838 in Warren county, Tenn., and was a daughter of the late Mr. Cyrus and Mrs. Elenor Miller, where she grew to womanhood and was married to Mead B. Sparkman, Dec. 20, 1851 and came to Barry county in 1852, where they have lived practically ever since. Before leaving Tennessee, one child, Dr. John Sparkman of Springdale Ark., was born, and then Dr. C.M. Sparkman of this city. Mrs. Geo. Hall of Exeter, Solomon Sparkman of near Washburn and Mrs. S.T. Sims of near Cassville, all devoted to their parents. They showed and proved their appreciation and love for their mother by their every act, for there was nothing left undone that mortal hands could do for her. She died Tuesday, March 6, 1915, of infirmities attending old age, aged 77 years, 1 month and 13 days, at the home of her daughter Mrs. S.T. Sims, 5 miles Southeast of this city, surrounded by her relatives and friends. Rev. Chas. Vanzandt, in preaching the funeral services at the Sparkman home, Wednesday at 11 a.m., very feelingly spoke of the good life she had lived and dwelt on the importance of all those of her loved ones, who expected to meet her in that better land, to make the necessary preparations, because it is essential to eternal life. After the services at the home where a large number of friends and neighbors had assembled to pay the last tribute of respect, the remains were conveyed to the Washburn Prairie Cemetery, where they were interred, to await a triumphal resurrection. |
| Newspaper | Not Known |
| Date | 1915 |
| Death Cert Link | - |
| Resource | Scrapbook bought at the estate sale of Vivian Roller by Ted W. Roller |
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