SPARKS, Earnest "Lon," beloved husband of the late Helen Sweeten Sparks, loving father of Bertha "Babe" (Jim) Sullivan, Lon D. (Debbie) and Larry E. (Lynn) Sparks, also survived by thirteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren, dear brother of Bonnie Sparks, Cleo Elliott, Maxine Cantor, Lurlene Doyle and the late Dorothy Lee and Jean Due, special friend of Opal L. Ball and Wendell Ball. Friday, November 15, 2002. Age 79 years. Funeral service Thursday, 10 AM, at the Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home, 2880 Boudinot Avenue at Queen City. Visitation Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 PM.