Mrs. Rachel Nicholson Sparks, Obit. (M)

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 and 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.

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,

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.

Mason Funeral Home is directing. For guestbook, please go online to