Rev Virgil Maurice Sparkman ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

He completed school in Goldthwaite. Virgil's US Army Air Force enlistment record showed that he had 3 years of high school. His civilian occupation was classified as file clerk. He was single, without dependents. He was living in Mills County, Texas.

He was a graduate of Howard Payne College in Brownwood in 1952 and attended Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth for 2 years. Mr. Sparkman began work at General Motors in 1956 where he worked for many years before retiring as a purchasing agent.

Mr. Sparkman was an active member of the Kopperl First Baptist Church and was a member of the Bosque Mens Singers. He also pastored several churches in various areas.

Social Security had his last residence as Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas. ¹

  Additional Information:

• Military Service: US Army Air Force, 1942-1945, World War II. ⁷

Virgil married Imogene Williamson, daughter of J. W. Williamson and Tenney Bowman, on 22 Feb 1947 in Star, Mills County, Texas.¹ (Imogene Williamson was born on 7 Nov 1922 in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas,⁸ died on 1 Jan 2009 in Kopperl, Bosque County, Texas ⁹ and was buried in Kimball Cemetery, Morgan, Bosque County, Texas ⁶.)