Contributed by: Keats Sparrow
The wedding portrait taken in 1910 or 1911 of Isaac J. Sparrow, Sr. (1890-1977), and his first wife, the beautiful Adell Causby of Kinston. Isaac was a Kinston businessman who eventually served several terms as a Kinston City Alderman. In his role as Police and Fire Commissioner, he played a leadership role in securing the fire truck now on display in Kinston 's Fire Department Museum on South Queen Street , as is noted on a brass plaque attached to the fire truck.