![]() ![]() ![]() The “bus” was referred to as “The Chicken Coop” by the students because it consisted of a flat-bed truck with a shed constructed on top, containing a couple of benches for seats and with only one door, which was closed with a screen door latch. When it came time to start elementary school, he rode a home-made “school bus” from the ranch to the old East Ward Elementary School, located where the Hamilton General Hospital sits today. 22 rifle around the ranch, all while scouting for small game. He learned to hunt at an early age and spent hours carrying his trusty. lived on the Sparks family ranch five miles north of Hamilton near Highway 281. 3, 1935, while his parents, Nora Aleen (Sneed) Sparks and Edgar Cecil Sparks Sr. Ray was born at home in Hamilton County on Oct. 1, in the new Pecan Creek Park addition at the end of Francis Marion Road (east of Highway 281/North Bell Street) adjacent to Graves-Gentry Cemetery. ![]() A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. 24, 2020.įamily visitation will be Saturday, Oct. Charles Ray Sparks Sr., 85, died of complications of pancreatic cancer at Cedar Park on Oct. ![]()
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