Graveside services for Mr. Billy Fred Sparks, age 93 of Birmingham, will be held Friday June 9, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. in the Clay County Memory Gardens.
Mr. Sparks passed away Tuesday June 6, 2023 at his home. He was born in Clay County where he grew up and graduated from Cragford High School. Billy lived in Talladega, Montgomery, Tampa Florida, before settling in Birmingham in the early sixties. He worked in route sales for Standard Coffee Company for over 20 years and as an independent salesman for Standard Coffee until he retired. Mr. Sparks worked in security for several years until his second retirement. He was a member of Gardendale Baptist Church and he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and gardening.
Mr. Sparks is survived by two daughters, Patricia Ann East of Lacey’s Spring, and Wanda Camp of Birmingham, two sons, Randy Sparks and Tim Sparks (Sherri) all of Birmingham, one sister, Mary Sparks Horn of Lineville, and one brother, Donald Sparks of Ashland, eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Basil Sparks and Lassie Smith Sparks, if wife of 74 years, Esther Mae Hampton Sparks, and his Sister Barbara Sparks Pace.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Brooks, Parker Mason, Josh Camp, Jeromey Mason, and Tim Sparks
The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland on Friday June 9, 2023 from 9:45 A.M. until 10:45 A.M.
