John Mark Sprowls, Sr.

U.S. Air Force vet owned, operated lawn care service. John Mark Sprowls Sr., 54, of Claysville, died at 6:14 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Washington Hospital from complications due to lung cancer. He had been ill since April 6, 2005. He was born April 28, 1951, in Washington, a son of the Rev. Mary J. Chase Sprowls of Claysville and the late Rev. Harold Robert Sprowls. Mr. Sprowls owned and operated a lawn care service. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1974, including a year in Thailand. Mr. Sprowls was a kind and loving person who enjoyed riding horses, playing golf, photography, taking trips out West, singing and sharing a good laugh with friends and family. He never met a stranger. He as a member of Ohio Valley Baptist Church in Triadelphia, W.Va. On December 20, 1975, he married Lynda Bolton, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Brian and wife Joeline Sprowls of West Harrison, Ind.; a daughter, Ashley Sprowls-Hall and husband Brian of Claysville; a brother, Larry W. Sprowls and wife Susan Chess of Claysville; a sister, Susanna Sprowls-Cipolone of Claysville; nine grandchildren, Tommy, Isabelle, Victoria, Abigail, Anthony, John Mark, Christopher, John Paul and Samuel; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are his father, the Rev. Harold R. "Brick" Sprowls; a son, John Mark Sprowls II; a daughter, Jamie Leigh Sprowls; a sister, Betty Ann Sprowls Plants; and a brother, Charles R. Sprowls. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Roadside Chapel, 1869 Pleasant Grove Road, Claysville, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, with the Rev. Mark Perkins officiating. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted graveside by James R. Hunt American Legion Post 639, Claysville. The family suggests memorial contributions to Morris Township Fire and Rescue Department, P.O. Box 21, Prosperity PA 15329.