Nellie Margaret Mann

© The Stilwell Democrat Journal

February 6, 2008

Submitted by: Martha Real

Nellie Margaret Mann
June 2, 1925-January 31, 2008

Nellie Margaret Mann was born June 2, 1925, in Phoenix City, Alabama to Paul Picket and Stella (Miller) Picket.
Margaret entered her heavenly home on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at the age of 82.

She was married to Alvin Adrian Sparks in 1943 and had one son before becoming widowed in 1945 due to the war.
She met and then married Orval "Shorty" Mann in 1947. To this union six more children were born.

She was preceded in death by her parents; Paul and Stella Picket, two sisters; Bertha Workman and Ann Yeager, and husbands, Adrian Sparks and Shorty Mann.

Margaret is survived by seven children; Gordon Sparks and wife Lenora of Wyandotte, OK., Linda Mann of Tulsa, OK., Sandra Murdoch and husband David of Broken Arrow, OK., Jack Mann and wife Dana of Tulsa, OK., Marilyn Harris of Catoosa, OK., Cindy Mathews and husband Darryl of Bunch, OK., Dalton Mann and wife Rose of Stilwell, OK., 16 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, February 4, 2008, at Hart Memorial Chapel with Bro. Charles Duvall officiating.
Interment followed at Stilwell City Cemetery under the direction of Hart Funeral Home.