Extracted from The Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, FL)
Friday, January 21, 1977

SPARLING, MRS. HILDA T., 49, of 5151 Fourth St. N, died Wednesday (Jan. 19, 1977). Born in Georgia, she came here 40 years ago from Clearwater.

Survivors include her husband Lawrence E.; three daughters, Linda Sue DeWees, Somers Point, N.J., Diane Carney, Ocean City, N.J., and Beverly Jarrett, Clearwater; a son, James Maddox, Seminole; three sisters and a brother.

Simmons Funeral Home.