Bishop Robert Sparkman Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Friday, April 12, 2019, at Village Chapel for Bishop Robert Sparkman, 83, Gadsden, who died Tuesday, April 9th, 2019. Bishop J.L. Knight will officiate. Burial will follow at Rainbow Memorial Gardens. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Robert served in the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. He was the pastor of several local churches for 55 years and ended his career at New Life Church of God. He was a member of Safe Harbor Church of God. Bishop Sparkman was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Sparkman, Sr. and Frances Spinks; sister, Cathy Thompson; and brother, Harold Sparkman. He is survived by his wife, Nancy “Peggy” Sparkman; sons, David Wesley (Leisa) Sparkman, Michael Wade Sparkman; grandchildren, Ashley (Marshall) Manley, Jessica (Steven) Hagan, Jonathan (Allisyn) Sparkman, and Brandon (Veronica) Sparkman; great-grandchildren, Riyah and McKenna Manley, and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Sparkman; and brothers, James Strickland, Harry Sparkman, Richard Bunce, and David Wayne Sparkman. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, and Robby Draper, and Micah Ulbrich. Honorary pallbearers will be J.B. Jeffers and David Weaver. The family will receive friends from 6 PM to 8 PM Thursday at Village Chapel.

Bishop Robert Sparkman

February 12, 1936 - April 9, 2019