A firefighter for more than half his life, Lindell Coriasco earned the name 'sparky' from his friends and colleagues over the years.
"I don't know why that is," said Herrin Fire Chief Shawn Priddy, "That's what they called him."
"It's not that he sparked fires right," the reporter asked.
"No. He did the opposite," Priddy laughed.
But Coriasco sparked a number of changes to the Herrin Fire Department in his 42 years of service.
Coriasco died Friday in Memphis, Tennessee from injuries sustained in a car crash last month. Coriasco was 83-years old.
Services are being held Saturday at Williamson County Fire Station #1 in Marion starting at 10 a.m. with a public visitation. The funeral is at 1pm.