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Published: July 6, 2008
Couple learn to live, laugh as death nears
Brain disease leaves Wilson man with only 6 more months of life.
By Julie Bisbee
WILSON — After 55 years of marriage, Clara and Don Sparks are learning to do things differently.

They have no choice. A fatal disease apparently is attacking Don Sparks' brain, making it difficult for Sparks, 75, to walk or control his movements.

This man, who spent 50 years of his life working in the oil fields of southern Oklahoma , now relies on his son to carry him to the car and needs help standing ...

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