August 27, 1959 ~ August 16, 2024 (age 64)
Obituary
Elizabeth “Liz” Elliott Sparks, 64, of Nacogdoches passed away on August 16, 2024, from a sudden and unexpected tragic incident.
Born on August 27, 1959, in Center to Delmar Faye Elliott. She was raised in a single parent family home. She learned early on the value of hard work and perseverance. If they couldn’t grow it or make it themselves, they didn’t get it. She further learned that she didn’t have a father, so she asked, “baby Jesus” (her words) to be her father and her heavenly Savior, which I am certain he did. She attended public school in Center, where she graduated with honors from both Center High School and Panola Junior College. At sixteen, she went to work part-time for the Center Police Department as a file clerk and dispatcher. As a teen, she bought her own clothes and was a snappy dresser and was stunningly beautiful. It was in the spring of 1976, she caught the eye of a nice police officer named David Sparks, whom she learned to love and adore. After an 18-month courtship together, they decided to take a chance on making a risky teenage marriage work, and it did. They were married for 47 years and 3 months at the time of her death. Liz loved to work in the yard and garden at the farm in Timpson, keeping the farm mowed and maintained immaculately. She could name every plant in the yard and garden, as well as every plant and shrub in the roads and local area. She could go to the local garden center and name the plants there as well. She was a shining example of what a Proverbs 31 wife should be. She was an excellent mother and a doting grandmother. It has been said that her motherly skills are similar to a brahma cow; kind, gentle, would let you pet her on the head and even hug her neck, but if you messed with one of her kids or grandkids, she would not hesitate to put your ass over the fence. It’s been said God remembers people who show little unremarkable, unnoticed acts of kindness displayed to others, often unknown strangers. This is also her, no doubt. For the last 42 years, she and her husband, David, were contract poultry farmers for Holly Farms and Tyson Foods, retiring in 2021 to Summer Hill Circle in Nacogdoches to Liz’s pretty, little cottage. Rest in peace pretty, little angel. Your job is finished on earth. Well done.
Liz is survived by her loving husband, David Sparks; sons, Josh Sparks and wife, Andrea, Matthew Sparks and wife, Amberley; grandchildren, Connor Sparks, Matthew Sparks II, Adelaide Sparks, Weston Sparks; sister-in-law, Julie Tatum and husband, Wade; brothers-in-law, Tommy Sparks and wife, Tammy, Howard Sparks and wife, Peggy, Johnny Sparks and wife, Priscilla; sister, Patty Harkness and husband, Carlton; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by mother, Delmar Elliott; parents-in-law, Turner and Martha Sparks.
Memorial Service will be held at 4:00pm on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at County Line Church located on FM 1971 S Caledonia, Tx.
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