Charles Denver SparksAge: 93 years1907–2001
- Name
- Charles Denver Sparks
- Given names
- Charles Denver
- Surname
- Sparks
 Birth | October 25, 1907 21 19 |
 Marriage of parents | James Blaine Sparks — Genora Ellen “Nora” Pruitt — View this family December 29, 1907 (Age 2 months) |
 Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Pearl Gertrude Sparks March 31, 1911 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eunice Marie Sparks March 30, 1913 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Darce Ervin Sparks April 9, 1915 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Eltra Oma Sparks May 6, 1917 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a sister | Arduth Jimmie Sparks February 2, 1919 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | March 18, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Doyle Arvin Sparks April 11, 1922 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Parlee Curtis December 27, 1924 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Wilma Newel Sparks June 3, 1925 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Delmar Harley Sparks January 29, 1928 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Potter Pruitt Sr. December 16, 1936 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | James Blaine Sparks March 16, 1964 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Genora Ellen “Nora” Pruitt November 22, 1969 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Eltra Oma Sparks February 23, 1980 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Darce Ervin Sparks July 27, 1980 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eunice Marie Sparks November 24, 1991 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a sister | Pearl Gertrude Sparks December 30, 2000 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | February 20, 2001 (Age 93 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Blaine Sparks Birth: February 20, 1886 — Newton, Arkansas, United States Death: March 16, 1964 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Genora Ellen “Nora” Pruitt Birth: April 2, 1888 39 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 22, 1969 — Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 29, 1907 — Newton, Arkansas, United States |
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Charles Denver Sparks Birth: October 25, 1907 21 19 — Johnson, Arkansas, United States Death: February 20, 2001 — Malden, Dunklin, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Pearl Gertrude Sparks Birth: March 31, 1911 25 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 30, 2000 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Eunice Marie Sparks Birth: March 30, 1913 27 24 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 24, 1991 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Darce Ervin Sparks Birth: April 9, 1915 29 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 27, 1980 — Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Eltra Oma Sparks Birth: May 6, 1917 31 29 — Lamar, Johnson, Arkansas, United States Death: February 23, 1980 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Arduth Jimmie Sparks Birth: February 2, 1919 32 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 17, 2001 — San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Doyle Arvin Sparks Birth: April 11, 1922 36 34 — Arkansas, United States Death: July 19, 2004 — Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Wilma Newel Sparks Birth: June 3, 1925 39 37 — Lamar, Johnson, Arkansas, United States Death: May 20, 2015 — Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Delmar Harley Sparks Birth: January 29, 1928 41 39 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 21, 2021 — Ridgefield, Clark, Washington, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Blaine Sparks - Household
ED 111 Newburg, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Blaine Sparks - Household
ED 61 Hickey, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
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