Mattie Mae Millsap Sparks received her heavenly wings on October 10, 2019.

Mattie was born to the late George and Ode Millsap on September 7, 1924 in Coyle, OK and professed a hope and faith in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Charles Ezekiel Millsap.
Mattie graduated from Langston High School in Langston, Ok in 1941 and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Langston University on July 20th, 1945. She was initiated into Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. After graduation she taught for a short time at Lo' Overture school in Meridian, Oklahoma.

She married the late Charles E. Kennedy in 1946 and relocated to Southern California. To this union one daughter was born, Charmetra LaFaye Kennedy (Roberts). She later married Johnnie W. Sparks and to this union two children were born, Kevin Reginald Sparks and Yolanda Renee Sparks (Anderson).

Mattie is survived by her three children: daughter Charmetra Roberts, Los Angeles, CA, son Kevin (Belinda) Carson, CA, and daughter Yolanda Anderson (Donald) of Guthrie, OK, two bonus children Tonza Harvey (Alandrous) Antioch, CA, Rodney Sparks, Hanford, CA, one sister Jo Ann Pegues (Sam) of Denver, CO. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren Semret Clark, Hawthorne, CA, Robert Roberts, Hollister, CA, Mikell Kelly, Dallas, TX, Cameron Nelson (Sherryl), Stillwater, OK, Hakim Roberts Los Angeles, CA, Chavelia Hendley (Deandre), Los Angeles, CA, Kavon Sparks, Los Angeles, CA, Tevin Sparks, Las Vegas, NV, Deon Anderson, Guthrie, OK, Kendell Sparks, St Louis, MO, and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Psalm 46: 1-10
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.