James Sparrow

• Tyler James Sparrow

, 53, passed away Sept. 7, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Sparrow was born in Concord, N.H., to Veryl Perkins Wells and the late James Fredrick Sparrow. Mr. Sparrow belonged to the American Legion Post No. 280, The Better Business Bureau and The Small Business Association. Mr. Sparrow loved fishing, boating, riding dirt bikes and music, most of all the harmonica and drums. He was owner and operator of Coastal Exterminating. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam and was the recipient of the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and other commendations.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 13, 2004

• United States of America Ex Rel. James Robert Anacker, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Major Robert Sparrow, Commanding Officer 4Th 105 Mm Howitzer Battery, and General Leonard P. Chapman, Jr., Commandant, Usmc, Respondents-Appellees., 463 F.2d 1215 (7th Cir. 1972)

Leonard Karlin, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant. James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., William M. Skretny, John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Asst....

• Federal Circuits

• Tyler James Sparrow

, 53, passed away Sept. 7, 2004, at his residence. Mr. Sparrow was born in Concord, N.H., to Veryl Perkins Wells and the late James Fredrick Sparrow. Mr. Sparrow belonged to the American Legion Post No. 280, The Better Business Bureau and The Small Business Association. Mr. Sparrow loved fishing, boating, riding dirt bikes and music, most of all the harmonica and drums. He was owner and operator of Coastal Exterminating. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam and was the recipient of the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and other commendations.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 11, 2004

• Keillor Evokes Dickens in 'a Christmas Blizzard'

Garrison Keillor does a Charles Dickens in "A Christmas Blizzard," the latest in a long line of narratives from the funny, irreverent -- and often profound -- "man from Lake Wobegon. He gives us, in the guise of wealthy Chicagoan James Sparrow, not exactly Scrooge but "a recovering disadvantaged child" who loathes Christmas because of bad boyhood associations with cold winters in North Dakota -- chief among them the fear that his tongue will freeze to a pump handle.

• Buffalo News
• December 21, 2009

• Daughters Get Their Day in Tayari Jones' 'Silver Sparrow'

It may not match "Call me Ishmael," but one could do worse than opening a novel with "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist. That's how Tayari Jones begins "Silver Sparrow," her third novel, which chronicles two African-American families in Jones' native Atlanta.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• June 20, 2011

• Larga Pero Divertida Aventura

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl se estrenó hace tres años, recaudó más de 650 millones de dólares en taquilla por todo el mundo y le ganó una nominación al Oscar al Mejor Actor a su estrella, Johnny Depp, por una de las actuaciones más extrañas de su poco convencional carrera. Además de una completa renovación del juego que lo inspiró en los parques de California y Florida, los estudios Disney inmediatamente ordenaron no solamente una segunda, sino también una tercera parte del filme. Entre las múltiples secuencias de acción destacan las caóticas peleas en tabernas, el escape de una tribu de caníbales, un espectacular e ingenioso duelo entre [Jack Sparrow], Will Turner y James Norrington (Jack Davenport), que tiene lugar en toda una isla por la que viaja desbocada...

• La Opinión; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 10, 2009

• Richie and Madden Welcome Baby Boy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are parents of a newborn baby boy. Richie says on her Web site that Sparrow James Midnight Madden was born early Wednesday. Sparrow, who weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, is the second child for Richie and Madden. Their daughter, Harlow, will be 2 in January.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• September 10, 2009

• Seen & Overheard

SPARROW, APPLE AND SERAPHINA Nicole Richie and Joel Madden caused more than a few to chuckle when they named their new baby Sparrow James Midnight this month. But the couple is not the only celebrity pair to go a little nutty when it comes to giving baby a name.

• Dayton Daily News
• September 15, 2009

• Calypso and the King to Dominate Apollo Stage

Last week Bill McCreary and Kim Fuller of Fuller P.R. Corp. signed on the dotted line of a contract facilitated by the Apollo's James Moody, securing a festive concert series that will feature the Mighty Sparrow himself, the Lord Defender, the Chronicle Atlantic Symphony Steel & Brass Orchestra, and Jadine. Designer Donna Moore is slated to show off her wares during a half-time fashion show amped by gorgeous models anxious to saunter along the catwalk.

• New York Amsterdam News
• August 05, 2009

• Mattie S. Bryant

CHESAPEAKE - Mattie Sparrow Bryant of the 2000 block of Wingfield Ave. died Dec. 27, 2006, in Chesapeake General Hospital. Born in Little Washington, N.C., she was the oldest member of Center of Faith Christian Center, Norfolk. Survivors include her husband, David L. Bryant; two daughters, Mattie R. Brooks and Tennese Boyd of Chesapeake; three sons, James Sparrow and Terry Sparrow of Chesapeake and Leo Sparrow of Newport News, Va.; a sister, Willie Bell Barfield of Queens, N.Y.; 25 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ruth S. Privott.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• December 26, 2007