Born in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Benjamin Smallwood
and Mary Lou (Hale) Smallwood
Sister of
Emert Smallwood, Elenor Smallwood, Thurman Smallwood, Robert Ernest Smallwood, Harley Smallwood, Richard Clay Smallwood, Molly (Smallwood) Peck, Hazel (Smallwood) Hale, [private sister (1930s - unknown)], Nora Ellen (Smallwood) Yocum and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Wife of
Eugene Sparks
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1940s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)], Jerry Leon Sparks and [private daughter (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 36
in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2015
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Biography
Lena Mae (Smallwood) Sparks was born on April 2, 1926 in Kentucky. Her parents were Thomas B Smallwood (1897 - 1989) and Mary Lou (Hale) Smallwood (1897 - 1973).
Her siblings were...
- Emert Smallwood (1917 - 1938)
- Elenor Smallwood (1918 - 1920)
- Thurman Smallwood (1920 - 1995)
- Robert Ernest Smallwood (1923 - 2003)
- Richard Clay Smallwood (1925 - 1925)
- Harley Ray Smallwood (1925 - 2015)
- Molly (Smallwood) Peck (1928 - 2020)
- Hazel (Smallwood) Hale (1930 - 1994)
- Edna Pearl (Smallwood) Yocum (1932 - living)
- Nora Ellen (Smallwood) Yocum (1935 - 1984)
- Danny Eugene Smallwood (1938 - living)
Lena married Eugene Sparks (1927 - 1998).
Their children were...
- Bonnie Jean Sparks (1949 - living)
- Timothy Sparks (1956 - living)
- Jerry Leon Sparks (1958 - 1962)
- Penny Sparks (1960 - living).
In 1930, Lena was living in Mariba, Menifee, Kentucky[1].
In 1935, Lena was living in Menifee, Kentucky[2].
Lena died in a car accident that also killed her son Jerry Leon Sparks in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States on Jul 21, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death.
Lena was buried beside her son in Egelston Cemetery, Menifee County, Kentucky.
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S-764672802 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Mariba, Menifee, Kentucky; Roll: 767; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 1109.0; FHL microfilm: 2340502 APID: 1,622480874197
- ↑ Source: #S-764672798 Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Menifee, Kentucky; Roll: T627_1341; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 83-6 APID: 1,244252023438
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 May 2021, 07:54), entry for Lena Mae Smallwood (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GCZF-3BZ ); contributed by various users.
- Printed family information from Edna (Smallwood) Yocum
- Source: S-764672789 Repository: #R-1196118819 Title: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 Author: Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio.Ohio Dep
- Repository: R-1196118819 Name: Ancestry.com
- Source: S-764672798 Repository: #R-1196118819 Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Source: S-764672802 Repository: #R-1196118819 Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,
- Source: S-764672810 Repository: #R-1196118819 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=3847388&pid=87
* Smallwood-465 was created by Mike Crain through the import of TestTree(2).ged on Jan 10, 2015.
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