Bessie Simmons

1874 - 1972  (98 years)

• Name	Bessie Simmons
  Birth	5 Sep 1874	Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Sep 1972	Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  Burial	Myrtle Srpings, Sabine County, TX
  Person ID	I47004	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry H. Simmons,   b. 7 Dec 1840, Pike County, Mississippi, USA d. 6 Jan 1932, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Angeline Stickland,   b. 3 Jun 1844, Pike County, Mississippi, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F15926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Crawford Jacob Sparks,   b. Abt 1870
  Children	1. S. O. Sparks  [Father: natural]   2. A. A. Sparks  [Father: natural]   3. Minnie Sparks  [Father: natural]   4. Lula Sparks  [Father: natural] + 5. Lucille Sparks,   b. 16 Mar 1906, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 11 Aug 1999, Saratoga, Hardin, Texas, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Edward Eugene Sparks,   b. 28 Jul 1915   d. 25 Apr 1989, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Preston Sparks,   b. 30 Apr 1919   d. 31 May 1978 (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F15473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Sep 1874 - Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA Death - 16 Sep 1972 - Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004. Mrs. Bessie Sparks, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Sep 21, 1972 Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Sparks, 98, of Florien, were heldMonday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m., in the Warren Meadows Chapel, with the Rev.Johnny Rhodes officiating. Burial was in the Myrtle Spring Cemetery,near Geneva, Tex., under the directiob of Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Mrs. Sparks died in Many after an extended illness. She is survived by four sons, S. O. Sparks of Hemphill, A. A. Sparks ofSillsbee, Preston Sparks of Robeline, and Eugene Sparks of Florien; threedaughters, Mrs. Lula Wallace, and Mrs. Lucille Simmons, both of Florien, and Mrs. Eldon Edwards of Alco, LA; three halfsisters, Lizzie and Onnie Simmons, both of Many; two half brothers, Masonand Johnny Simmons, both of Many; 38 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were her grandsons.