Donna Jean Sparks Gargis

DONNA JEAN SPARKS GARGIS, AGE 74 OF LEIGHTON, AL DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006. VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006 FROM 1:30 UNTIL 3:30 P.M.. HER FUNERAL SERVICE WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH BILLY GEORGE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN COLBERT MEMORIAL GARDENS.

MRS. GARGIS WAS A NATIVE OF COLBERT COUNTY, ALABAMA. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF NEW SOCKWELL BAPTIST CHRUCH, THE EASTERN STAR AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM HOWARD GARGIS; SONS, TONY GARGIS SR. AND KEITH GARGIS BOTH OF LEIGHTON; DAUGHTERS, SUSAN GILES OF LEXINGTON, AL, REBA SMITH OF ORANGE PARK, FL, AND DARLENE DAWSON OF LEIGHTON; BROTHERS, MELVIN SPARKS, HILLARD SPARKS, BOTH OF TUSCUMBIA, DAVID SPARKS, CECIL SPARKS BOTH OF SHEFFIELD, J. W. SPARKS OF BETHEL, OK, LLOYD SPARKS OF GRAYSLAKE, IL; SISTERS, MARJORIE TERRY OF TUSCUMBIA, PEGGY ROBINSON OF SHEFFIELD, NINE GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE NEPHEWS; TREY ROBINSON, ANTHONY SPARKS, RONNIE SPARKS, BRANNON SPARKS, BRYAN SPARKS, BRADY SPARKS AND SON, KEITH GARGIS.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE GRANDSONS; TONY GARGIS JR., JOSH DAWSON, JUSTIN DAWSON, RUSTY GARGIS AND DANIEL ADAY.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND SPECIAL THANKS TO CAREGIVERS AT SUNBRIDGE NURSING HOME OF TUSCUMBIA AND THE STAFF OF ALACARE HOSPICE.

MORRISON FUNERAL HOME OF TUSCUMBIA DIRECTING.