Greenville – Doyle Winford Sparks, 88, of Greenville, went to be with his Lord and savior on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital. Born October 7, 1933, he was a life-long member of East Union Baptist Church in Graham. He was a 1952 graduate of Bremen School and served in the United States Army from 1954-1956. He served on the Muhlenberg County Board of Education for eight years. He worked Forty years at Peabody River Queen Surface Mines, and was a member of the Graham Masonic Lodge, He was Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel from John Y. Brown Jr. and commissioned an honorary Ambassador of Labor on December 10, 1982.
He was preceeded in death by his parents, Everett and Lois Sparks, Daughter Kimberly Lee Sparks, Brothers James “Frankie” Sparks, and Robert “Bub” Sparks, and Sister Wanda Faye Price.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Opaleen “Opie” Norris Sparks; son Doyle Wayne (Luann) Sparks; daughter Lisa Gaye (David) Sparks Pentecost all of Greenville; grandchildren Jessica Lauren (Hays) Browning of Greenville, Rachel Morgan (Wes) McDonald of Newburgh, Ind., and Schyler Alexandria (Luke) Pentecost of Bowling Green; great-grandchildren Brady Hays and Bailey Ann Browning.
Funeral Services will be private. Online condolences may be made at www.tuckerfuneralhomes.com
