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Families gather at unveiling of signs honoring fallen firefighters

2016-06-11 - Columbia/Adair County Fire Department, 200 Merchant Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com (c).

Familes of Capt. Tony Grider, left, and of Charles "Sparky" Sparks just after unveiling of the signs honoring the two fallen firefighters. State Senator Max Wise left of podium, stands with the Grider family, from left, Josh Grider, Capt. Grider's nephew holding little Chloe; Jordan Grider, Capt. Grider's son; Shirley & Orvis Grider, Capt. Grider's parents; his sister, Tammy Grider, and Capt. Grider's widow, Gina Grider. State Representative John "Bam" Carney, is right of podium, with the family of Charles "Sparky" Sparks, from left, Trent Sparks, Sparky's son; Tammy Akin Sparks, Sparky's widow; Kayla Wood, Trent Sparks' girlfriend; and Helen Sparks and Charles Sparks, his parents. The signs form the Captain Tony Grider Memorial Highway will be posted just north of the intersection with the Adair County Veterans Memorial Highway & on Campbellsville Road with a second one near Ebenezer Road in Taylor County. The Charles "Sparky" Sparks Memorial Bridge is over Russell Creek near the northern terminus of the the Adair County Veterans Memorial Bypass. ceremony took place today, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 10amCT, with several dignitaries and in attendance. - EW

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