Addie Sparks
1903 - 1979 (75 years)1. Addie Sparks was born on 8 Apr 1903 in Johnson County, Kentucky; died in 1979 in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. Notes:
LKH Note:
Abstract of Addie's obituary on Ancestry shows that she married a second time to James Nunnelley. Died in Lakeland, Florida. The obituary names her children with James Million.Family/Spouse: James Abram Million. James (son of William Robert Monroe Million and Elizabeth Virgie Kirk) was born on 17 Mar 1899 in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 15 Jul 1989 in Maryland; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Elizabeth Margaret Million
was born on 9 Jul 1919 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 6 Sep 2005; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. - 3. Elmer Garr Million was born on 28 Jul 1921 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 18 Apr 2009.
- 4. Robert Francis "Toady" Million was born on 6 May 1924 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 24 Mar 1989 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky.
- 5. Evelyn Ruth Million was born on 26 Jul 1927 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; died on 27 Mar 1993; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina.
- 2. Elizabeth Margaret Million
Generation: 2
2. Elizabeth Margaret Million (1.Addie1) was born on 9 Jul 1919 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 6 Sep 2005; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171327884/elizabeth-elamFamily/Spouse: Edward Cecil Elam. Edward was born on 14 Dec 1918 in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1982 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elmer Garr Million (1.Addie1) was born on 28 Jul 1921 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 18 Apr 2009. Notes:
Million Awarded Honorary Degree
Philippi, W.Va., May 30 (Special) - Elmer Garr Million, a native of Mt. Carmel, Ky., received the honorary doctor of laws degree at Alderson-Broaddus College here Monday at the 89th annual commencement. Dr. Million gave the commencement address to the largest graduating class in the history of this Baptist liberal arts college.
A graduate of Georgetown College, Dr. Million received his master's and doctor's degrees at the University of Chicago. He has been broad professional experience as a teach in speech and biology, a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, and editor of college and interdenominational newspapers and magazines.
Since 1957 he has been the director of the department of Schools and Colleges of the American Baptist Convention. In this capacity he has lectured and assisted a group of over 30 Baptist colleges all over the nation, and yet continued his scholarly pursuits through the production of numerous articles, writing a series of filmstrips on the "History of the Christian Church."
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Tuesday, 31 May 1960.
Elmer married Ruth Aulick Hatfield on 7 Feb 1944 in Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky. Ruth was born on 13 Sep 1923 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; died on 6 Apr 2011 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Robert Francis "Toady" Million (1.Addie1) was born on 6 May 1924 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 24 Mar 1989 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. Notes:
Robert F. (Toady) Million, Huntertown Road, died Friday, March 24, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, after a long illness. He was affiliated with the South Elkhorn Baptist Church and was retired from IBM after 29 years. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Coyle Million, Versailles; his father, James A. Million, Clinton, South Carolina; one daughter, Pamela Million Mitchell, Lexington; four sisters, Elizabeth Elam and Ruth Rhodes, both of Clinton, South Carolina; Genoa Godby, Clinton, Maryland, and Geneva Meadow, Lakeland, Florida; and one brother, Elmer Million, Carlton, Oregon. Services were conducted at 2pm Monday, March 27, at the Duell-Clark Funeral Chapel by the Rev. James Shaw. Burial was in Versailles Cemetery.
[The Woodford Sun, Versailles, Mar. 30, 1989]
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177550374/robert-francis-million
Section B4, Lot 1047, Block 7, Grave 10Robert married Evelyn B. Coyle on 13 Nov 1949. Evelyn was born on 3 Nov 1926 in Woodford County, Kentucky; died on 5 Dec 2017; was buried in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Evelyn Ruth Million (1.Addie1) was born on 26 Jul 1927 in Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky; died on 27 Mar 1993; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. Other Events:
- Occupation: speech therapist, minister
Notes:
Ruth Rhodes, Whitten Center speech therapist
Clinton - Services for Ruth M. Rhodes, 65, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pinelawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Gray Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rhodes died Saturday, March 27, 1993. Born in Pisgah, Ky., she was a daughter of the late James and Addie Sparks Million. She attended Presbyterian College and was a speech therapist at Whitten Center and a certified minister. She attended Charity Christian Center.
Surviving are an adopted son, Nickel Bagwell of Clinton, a brother, Dr. Elmer Million of Salem, Ore.; sisters, Elizabeth Elam of Clinton, Genoa Godbey of Clinton, Md., and Geneva Medders of Lakeland, Fla.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The State, Columbia, South Carolina. Sunday, March 28, 1993.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28458432/evelyn-ruth-rhodesEvelyn married Harold Monroe Rhodes in May 1945. Harold was born on 7 Aug 1923 in Watts Mills, Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 29 May 1989 in Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina; was buried in Pinelawn Memory Gardens, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]