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Forrest Sparks Obituary

SPARKS Forrest R. Sparks, age 94, of Dublin, passed away June 11, 2005 at Riverside Hospital. He was a retired District Manager for The Big Bear Stores after 39 years. Preceded in death by wife, Alice M. Sparks. Survived by sons, Robert (Barbara) Sparks, and Brian (Christine) Sparks; grandchildren, Gailyn (Jay) Bolan, Lynette, and Robert (Lynn) Sparks and their mother, Jo Ann Sparks; great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Jonathan Sparks, Giana and Hayley Miller. Friends may call at the O. R. WOODYARD CO. NORTHWEST CHAPEL, 2990 BETHEL RD., Friday 5-8 p.m., where service will be held Saturday 10:30 a.m. Rev. Sam Bungard officiating. Interment Dublin Cemetery.

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Published by The Columbus Dispatch from Jun. 15 to Jun. 16, 2005.

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Melanie Humphrey

June 15, 2005

We are going to miss Forrest at the Tabor Ridge Church of Christ. He always had a smile and a kind word.

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O. R. Woodyard Co. Funeral & Cremation Services - Northwest Chapel

2990 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220

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