Jack O’Day Sparks

Jack O’Day Sparks, 81, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 5:18 pm, Saturday, December 26, 2020 at his daughter’s home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born February 9, 1939 in Morehead, Kentucky, to Levi and Mary Dale (Conley) Sparks.

Jack married Shirley Ann Sparks in Wabash on June 25, 1961; she died February 10, 2019. He retired from General Tire in Wabash. Jack was a member of the Wabash Free Will Baptist Church. He was an avid Kentucky Wildcat fan, and enjoyed squirrel and raccoon hunting.

He is survived by three children, John Carl “J.C.” (Vanessa) Sparks of Warsaw, Indiana, Jacqueline (Ted) Brown of Fort Wayne, and James E. (Maureen) Sparks of Wabash, five grandchildren, Ashley Sparks of Warsaw, Andrew (Alexis) Sparks of Milford, Indiana, Brandon Brown of Fort Wayne, Daisy Sparks and Duke Sparks, both of Wabash, two great-granddaughters, Addyson Brown of Fort Wayne, and Willow Sparks of Milford, five sisters, Margaret Brooks of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Elizabeth Chaney of Morehead, Kentucky, Ruth Baldridge of Wabash, Bessie (Gene) Cooper of Vanceburg, Kentucky, and Ellen Glover of Morehead, brother, Ora Lee (Jane) Sparks of Boaz, Alabama, two brothers-in-law, Fred Brown of Morehead, Kentucky, and Paul Coldiron of Miamisburg, Ohio. He was also preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Justina W. Sparks, 4 brothers, and 3 sisters.

Funeral services will be 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 31, 2020, at Wabash Free Will Baptist, 1056 Erie Street, Wabash, with Evangelist Tod Masters officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Marion. Friends may call 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Thursday, at the church. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.

Preferred memorial is Wabash Free Will Baptist Church.

The memorial guest book for Jack may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.

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