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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Vernal E. Sparrow May 8, 1922 - July 2, 2005
Monday, October 1, 2018
Vernal E. Sparrow May 8, 1922 - July 2, 2005
Vernal E. Sparrow, 83, of Salem, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at his home.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 6 at the Salem Friends Church in Salem, with Pastors Tom Palmer and Daryl Coffin officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials have been established to Cedar Creek Cemetery and Salem Fire and Rescue.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Linden L. Sparrow of Bellbrooke, Ohio, Curt L. Sparrow of Mt. Pleasant, and Rick E. Sparrow of Winfield; a brother, Beryl Sparrow of Lomax; and 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.