Mrs. Rachel Nicholson Sparks, age 79, of Trion, GA, died Monday, August 04, 2014 at her home.

Mrs. Sparks was born April 8, 1935 in Rome, GA, the daughter of the late Fate Mann and mother and step-father, Myrtle Mann Headrick and Henry Headrick . She was retired from Riegel Textiles, Mt. Vernon Mills. She was a member of the Pennville Church of Christ. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Len Earl Sparks.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jack & Karen Sparks; daughter and son-in-law, Delaine and Nolan Crisp; brother, Ralph Mann; sister, Ernestine Dickerson; grandchildren, Misty McQuese, Lori McWhorter, Brittany McCurry, and Nathaniel Sparks; great grandchildren, Noah McQuese, Eli McQuese, Will McWhorter, and Ava Grace McQuese; and an aunt, Irene Roberts, and special care givers, Susan and Levern Crisp.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, August 7, 2014 at Pennville Church of Christ with Min. Robbie Eversole and Min. Leslie Shadrick officiating. Burial will follow in West Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Anthony McWhorter, Robert McQuese, Stanley Mann, Danny Strickland, Ronnie McKeehan, Samuel Mann, Alan Mann and Phil Ingle. Honorary pallbearers will be all members of Pennville Church of Christ, and Nieces and Nephews.

Mrs. Sparks will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, August 6, 2014. She will also lie in state from 1:00 until 2:00 p. m. Thursday at the Pennville Church of Christ.