Felix L. "Larry" Sparks was born in San Antonio, Texas, on August 2, 1917, the oldest of five children born to Felix Franklin Sparks and Martha Estelle (Ray) Sparks. When he was four, his family moved to Miami, Arizona, where his father worked in a copper mine.
Felix L. "Larry" Sparks was born on August 2, 1917, in San Antonio, Texas, as the eldest of five children to Felix Franklin Sparks and Martha Estelle (Ray) Sparks. At that time, his family relocated to Miami, Arizona, where his father worked in a copper mine.