Mrs. Allie Sparks Kelley

March 15, 1928 - August 7, 2020

On August 7th, 2020, Allie Lorine Sparks departed this life after a long illness. She was born on March 15, 1928, to her parents, Festus Eugene Sparks and Leatha Ann Bumpus Sparks, who preceded her. Allie grew up on a farm in the Sparks Bend Community with her parents and six siblings where she attended school. At an early age, she was baptized into the Methodist Church and was a member of St. James United Methodist Church. She continued to serve as a Methodist until her death. On January 26, 1946, she married the love of her life, Ralph Joe Kelley, and remained married until God called him home on June 26, 2007. To this union four children were born: Jacqueline Kelley Anderson. Angles Kelley, Kenneth (Anna) Kelley and Mack Preston who preceded her in death. Allie was a very outspoken woman who would do everything she could for you if she liked you. She enjoyed working in her garden, tending to her live stocks, preserving her fruits and vegetables, preparing foods, and piecing quilts. In the springtime, her yard showed the beauty of the flowers she loved. Preceding her in death was one sister, Elizabeth Sparks (Willard) Buck, four brothers: Jesse Eugene (Christine) Sparks, Quentin Roosevelt Sparks, Hunley William Grant Sparks and Syvold Washington Sparks. She leaves to mourn her lost: her two children: Jacqueline Kelley Anderson and Angles Kelley; two grandchildren: Christie Taborn and Gary Moody; four great-grandchildren: Cortney Taborn, Chelsea Taborn and Corey Moody and Gabriel Taylor Mood; one sister, Leatha Berzelia Sparks (Foster) Shockley, a sister-in-law, Rose Shields Sparks, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.