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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[ ]  Check box if no longer  subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Bartels                      William                 H.
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(Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

c/o SPAR Group, Inc.
580 White Plains Road
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(Street)

Tarrytown                        New York             10591
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(City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

SPAR Group, Inc. ("SGRP")
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

December 2, 2002
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

[X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
[X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

Vice Chairman
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

[X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
[ ]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4.                           5.             Owner-
2A.                        Securities Acquired (A) or   Amount of      ship
Deemed      3.             Disposed of (D)              Securities     Form:      7.
Execution   Transaction    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          Beneficially   Direct     Nature of
2.             Date, if    Code           --------------------------   Owned at End   (D) or     Indirect
1.                  Transaction    any         (Instr. 8)                (A)               of Month       Indirect   Beneficial
Title of Security   Date           (mm/dd/yy)  -----------     Amount     or     Price     (Instr. 3      (I)        Ownership
(Instr. 3)          (mm/dd/yy)                  Code   V                 (D)               and 4)         (Instr.4)  (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par
value $.01          12/2/2002                   P             1,000      A       $3.24     5,227,406(1)   D
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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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10.
9.        Owner-
Number    ship
of        Form
2.                                                6.                                          Deriv-    of
Conver-                              5.           Date              7.                        ative     Deriv-   11.
sion                                 Number of    Exercisable       Title and Amount          Secur-    ative    Nature
or                                   Derivative   and               of Underlying     8.      ities     Secur-   of
Exer-                        4.      Securities   Expiration Date   Securities        Price   Bene-     ity:     In-
cise    3.       3A.         Trans-  Acquired (A) (Month/Day/Year)  (Instr. 3 and 4)  of      ficially  Direct   direct
Price   Trans-   Deemed      action  or Disposed  ----------------  ----------------  Deriv-  Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.          of      action   Execution   Code    of(D)                                    Amount  ative   at End    In-      ficial
Title of    Deriv-  Date     Date, if    (Instr. (Instr. 3,                               or      Secur-  of        direct   Owner-
Derivative  ative   (Month/  any         8)      4 and 5)     Date     Expira-            Number  ity     Month     (I)      ship
Security    Secur-  Day/     (Month/Day  ------  -----------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr. (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)  ity     Year)    Year)       Code V    (A)  (D)   cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)      4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Includes 250,000 shares owned by Stella Bartels.

/s/ Lawrence David Swift                                      12/5/02
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**Signature of Reporting Person                                 Date
Lawrence David Swift, as attorney-in-fact under
Confirming Statement dated July 15, 1999.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 4(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:     File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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