Ola Mae (Mason) Sparkman (1910 - 2002)

Born 18 Jan 1910 in Quebeck, White, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Winfield Denton — married 5 Feb 1928 in White, Tennessee, United States

Died 24 Jan 2002 at age 92 in Celina, Clay, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

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Ola (Mason) Sparkman was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Ola Mason was born on January 18, 1910 in Quebeck, White, Tennessee, United States. Her parents were Montravila Mason and Evaline Denton.

She married Thomas Denton on February 05, 1928 in White, Tennessee, United States^[1]

Together they had 2 children:

1. Alma Denton
2. Clara Denton

She married Alonzo David Sparkman (26 November 1887 – 6 January 1962)

In 1910, she is living in White, Tennessee, United States with parents, Montravila, Evaline, siblings, Vernie, William, Ray, Waymon, Elbert,^[2]

In 1920, she is living in White, Tennessee, United States with parents, Montravila, Evaline, siblings, William, Ray, Waymon, Elbert, Erma, Ena, Eston, Nannie, Richard,^[3]

In 1930, she is living in White, Tennessee, United States with husband, Thomas, daughter, Alma,^[4]

In 1940, she is living in White, Tennessee, United States with daughters, Alma, Clara,^[5]

She died on January 24, 2002 in Celina, Clay, Tennessee, United States^[6][7]

Sources

Ola's Find a Grave Memorial

1. ↑ Citation "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X812-LW1 : 16 March 2020), Miss May Mason in entry for Thomas Denton, 1928.
2. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNJ-RYL : accessed 8 July 2022), Ola M Mason in household of Mount C Mason, Civil District 4, White, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 191, sheet 7A, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1526; FHL microfilm 1,375,539.
3. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-Y44 : 3 February 2021), May Mason in entry for Mount Mason, 1920.
4. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7R-RNW : accessed 8 July 2022), Mae Denton in household of Tom Denton, District 04, White, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 7B, line 91, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2285; FHL microfilm 2,342,019.
5. ↑ Citation "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HK-Y1S : 11 January 2021), Ola M Mason, Civil District 4, White, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-6, sheet 7A, line 20, family 117, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3948.
6. ↑ Citation "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLHS-P3L : 9 January 2021), Ola M Sparkman, 24 Jan 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Citation "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKM-T6S5 : 16 December 2020), Olla Mae Mason Sparkman, ; Burial, Quebeck, White, Tennessee, United States of America, Skurlock Cemetery; citing record ID 30371375, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.