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• "I descend from Edward Paul Phibbs (Dec 27, 1916 - Mar 04, 1998) and his wife, Anna Catherine Harrington (Apr 9, 1916 - Jun 14, 2011), through my paternal grandmother (Still living) and her first husband, Wade Rex Sparks the 1st (Apr 17, 1935 - Jan 28, 1976).   From there, I descend from paternal grandmother (Still living) and her first husband, Wade Rex Sparks the 1st (Apr 17, 1935 - Jan 28, 1976), through their son, my father (Still living) and his wife (My mother/Still living)."
  --  Thea Sparks, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 28 February 2016
  
  Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014
  Wade Rex Sparks
  Birth 17 Apr 1935 Grayson, Virginia
  
  U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  Wade Sparks
  Birth Date 17 Apr 1935
  Death Date 28 Jan 1976
  ARMY
  Enlistment Date 26 Nov 1957
  Release Date 25 Nov 1959
  SSN 230445985
  
  Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
  Wade Rex Sparks
  Age at Death 40
  Birth Date 17 Apr 1935 Virginia
  Resident 1113 Chesslawn Circle, Chesapeake, Virginia
  Occupatoin Rigger for NNSY, Portsmouth, Virginia
  Death 28 Jan 1976 Navy Reg Medical Center, Portsmouth (Independent City), Virginia
  Cause of Death Severe Frontal Head Trauma with Exposure of Frontal Lobe, Myocardial Infarction; lifting Life Raft cases in rigging, Rigging Slipped, Cases Struck Head
  Father Von D Sparks
  Mother Ila Mays
  Spouse and Informant Barbara Sparks
  Servied in the Korean Conflict
  Burial (date not given) Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Virginia by Twiford Colonial Chapel, Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Virginia
  Certificate #129, state file #76-002380 filed 6 February 1976
  
  Note that his death certificate reports that Wade died in the Navy Medical Center in Portsmouth, where he lived and worked, and where the accident happened that led to his death.  But the memorial on Finda Grave reports the place of death as Norfolk.
  
  Wade Rex Sparks, Sr
  Birth Apr. 17, 1935 Fries, Grayson County, Virginia
  Death Jan. 28, 1976 Norfolk City, Virginia [his death certificate says place of death was Portsmouth, Virginia]
  Parents:
  Von DeLoss Sparks (1912 - 1986)
  Ila Mays Sparks (1918 - 2003)
  Burial Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Chesapeake City, Virginia, Garden of Prophets
  Created by Anonymous Nov 14, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #61616465, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61616465

Sources

• 1. Thea Sparks
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
• 4. Virginia, Birth Records, 1864-2014
• 5. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010