Buzz...... 
Here is trhe obit that Jim referred to. Took me a while to find it, so I thought I'd save you the time. 
Al 
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BEULAH - Mr. Joseph Bryson "J.B." Sparger, 69, of the Beulah community, husband of Mrs. Goldie Sluder Sparger, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, at Northern Hospital of Surry County. Mr. Sparger was born in Surry County on Oct. 30, 1935, to Walter C. and Sara Jane Snow Sparger. He graduated from Beulah High School and Steed College and attended Appalachian State University. Mr. Sparger was the owner/operator of Sparger General Store, was a member of Beulah United Methodist Church, Round Peak Masonic Lodge, the Gideon's of Dobson and the Beulah Ruritan Club. He also served in the National Guard stationed in Mount Airy. Surviving are his loving wife, Goldie Sluder Sparger, of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and Dale Cockerham and Cheryl and Kevin Hawks, all of the Beulah community; a son, Walter R. Sparger, of the Beulah community; grandchildren Stephen Butera, Jessie Cockerham and Dillon Hawks; and a sister and brother-in-law, Ivylyn and Ned Martin of the Beulah community. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy, with services officiated by the Rev. Arthur Livengood, the Rev. Bud Cameron and the Rev. Dorothy Sullivan. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight, Sept. 13, at Moody Funeral Home in Mount Airy. Memorials may be made to Beulah Methodist Church, c/o Church Treasurer, 5012 W. Pine St., Mount Airy, NC 27030. 

Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 9/13/2005. 
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Subject: SPARGER Obituary FYI 
There is posted on the Ancestry.com Surry County message board an obituary from the Winston-Salem, NC Journal of 9/13/2005 for Joseph Bryson "J.B." SPARGER who died 9/11/05 in Surry County, husband of Goldie Sparger and brother of Ivylyn Martin. 
Buzz & Al: Was he in attendance at the '04 reunion @ Mount Airy? 
Jim