Lana L. Sparks

LANA GRADUATED FROM WORLD HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. SHE ATTENDED THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND PARK UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE. LANA WAS AWARDED HER MASTER’S DEGREE AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN BALTIMORE, MD.

LANA BEGAN HER CAREER AT AS A PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIAN AT RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL AND CASE MANAGER FRANKLIN COUNTY JOBS AND FAMILY SERVICES IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. SHE LATER BECAME AN OUTSTANDING AND DEVOTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. HER PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCES INCLUDE, WORKING AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT TREVITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN COLUMBUS, OH, ONE YEAR IN CHINA, FORT WORTHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE, MD AND TEACHING FOURTH GRADE AT RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ALEXANDRIA, VA.

LANA WAS SELF-SACRIFICING WITH A KIND AND GENEROUS SPIRIT. HER LOVE FOR GOD AND HER STRONG FAMILY VALUES WILL FOREVER LIVE ON IN HER FAMILY. LANA’S MANY SACRIFICES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. SHE LEAVES A VACANT SPACE IN OUR HEARTS THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED. LANA’S UNWAVERING LOVE FOR HER FAMILY WILL FOREVER BE A PART OF OUR LIVES. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.

LANA IS SURVIVED BY HER DEVOTED HUSBAND DENNIS M. SPARKS, JR. AND THREE DAUGHTERS KELLY, KENNEDY, AND KENNIS SPARKS. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, NINA WILSON, GRANDFATHER, MACK SANDERS, SR., AND BROTHER LANNY R.WILSON (ARLENE) OF COLUMBUS, OHIO. LANA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER, LANNY R. WILSON SR.. LANA LEAVES ONE NIECE, AND TWO NEPHEWS, A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, SPECIAL FRIENDS OLAR SUBER AND MARY PERSON, GODMOTHER ANDREA HERNANDEZ-TEAGUES, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE LEFT TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORIES.

A VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 4325 CHAIN BRIDGE RD., FAIRFAX, VA 22030, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 FROM 10AM UNTIL TIME OF FUNERAL SERVICE AT 11AM. ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DEMAINE FUNERAL HOME, SPRINGFIELD, VA.