Helen Faye Sparks

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ERWIN – Helen "Faye" Edwards, age 75, 112 Edwards Road, Flag Pond, died Thursday, November 5, 2009, at the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong Unicoi County resident and a daughter of the late Herman and Bethel Shelton Sparks.

She was retired from Morrill Electric following thirty-eight years of service.

Mrs. Edwards was a fifty year member of Jennie Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church.

She was a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Flag Pond Chapter #173.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Edwards was preceded in death by her husband of forty-three years, Raymond Edwards, in 1994; a grandson, Raymond Wayne Edwards, in 1999; one brother, Dallas Sparks; and two sisters, Inas Higgins and Geneva English.

She is survived by one son, Darrell Edwards and wife, Michelle, Flag Pond; two daughters, Beverly Silvers and husband Stanley, Flag Pond, Sandra Tipton and husband, Gary, Erwin; three brothers, Clarence Sparks and wife, Mary, Edward Sparks and wife, Brenda, all of Flag Pond, and Donald Sparks and wife, Margie, Jonesborough; seven grandchildren, Amanda Benton, Myra Tipton, Matthew Wilson, Sarah Miller, Megan Briggs, Caleb Broyles and Jess Edwards; eight great-grandchildren, Ezekiel, Chevelle and Dora Benton, Chandra Edwards, Micah and Gabriel Miller, Emma Briggs and Raymond Andrew Edwards; several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be conducted Monday, November 9, 2009, at 2:00 P.M. from Jennie Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church with Dr. Elmon Brown officiating. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services.

Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve as pallbearers.

Family/Spouse: Raymond Edwards. Raymond was born on 26 Feb 1922 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 20 Oct 1994 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Darrel Eugene Edwards was born about 1958 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 8 Mar 2020 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Edwards Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee.

William married Bethel Shelton on 27 Apr 1928 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Bethel (daughter of Jesse Shelton and Elmina Shelton) was born on 8 Aug 1905 in , , North Carolina, ; died on 8 Oct 1988 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bethel Shelton was born August 8, 1905 in North Carolina to Jesse S and Elminer Shelton Shelton.

She married Herman Sparks April 27, 1928 in Unicoi County, Tennessee. She has seven children, four sons Dallas, Clarence, Donald and Edward: three daughters Geneva Shelton English, Inas Sparks Higgins and Faye Sparks Edwards.

Bethel died on Oct. 8, 1988 in Flag Pond, Tn is in buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Erwin, TN

Henry married Nancy Loretta Harris on 3 Dec 1891 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Nancy was born on 15 Jan 1874 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died on 2 Sep 1942 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Elmina Shelton about 1899 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Elmina was born on 6 Jun 1884 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Dec 1955 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Shelton Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sidney married Lucinda Caroline Waldrope on 4 Dec 1857 in Madison County, , , North Carolina. Lucinda was born on 29 Oct 1839 in , Yancey County, , North Carolina; died on 27 Mar 1919 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]