Centenarian Bub Sparks to be celebrated at May 3 reception at FBC

HEREFORD KIDS--William Eugene “Bub” Sparks, shown here with his late sisters Virgie and Alyce, will achieve his 100th birthday on May 4. He will be honored with a reception in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist church at noon on May 3. Sparks is the oldest and longest time member—90 years—of the FBC congregation, where he still attends services every Sunday.
HEREFORD KIDS--William Eugene “Bub” Sparks, shown here with his late sisters Virgie and Alyce, will achieve his 100th birthday on May 4. He will be honored with a reception in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist church at noon on May 3. Sparks is the oldest and longest time member—90 years—of the FBC congregation, where he still attends services every Sunday.

What’s a hundred years? A century. Ten decades. Some 36,525 days—counting leap years.

An iconic figure of the local community, William Eugene “Bub” Sparks, will reach that mark by achieving his 100th birthday on May 4.

On Sunday, May 3, family, friends and fellow church members will join Sparks in celebrating his centennial with a noon reception in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church immedia…