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J.L. SPENCE DIED AT HOME HERE TODAY

James L. Spence, age 64 years, died this morning at 5 o'clock at his home on north Drake street. Four years ago the deceased was stricken with paralysis from which he never recovered sufficiently to pursue his vocation. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Orbie and Clyde of Jonesboro, James of Monroe, La., two brothers, Joe and Jasper residing on farms south of this city and a sister, Mrs. Thorn of Thayer, Mo.

Mr. Spence was an old resident of Craighead county and grew to manhood on a farm south of the city. Up to the time of his paralytic stroke he had been an engineer on the Cotton Belt railroad.

Funeral services will be conducted from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 1:30. Rev. Hammond and King of Fisher Street Methodist church officiating with burial in the City cemetery in charge of J.B. Gregg & Son.

The pall bearers are the following members of the B. of R.T.; Frank Smith, A.A. Goin, R.C. Cloyd, J.C. Marcom, R.R. Hortin and T.A. Howlett.

(Published in The Jonesboro Evening Sun on February 17, 1926)

James married Hester Annie Crow 15 Oct 1882, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA. Hester (daughter of John Thomas Crow and Calpernia Luvena Doyle) was born 12 Dec 1862, Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA; died 25 Jun 1900, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; was buried 26 Jun 1900, City Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. William Aubra Spence was born 5 Sep 1883, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died 2 Jun 1937, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; was buried 4 Jun 1937, Oaklawn Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
2. Lelia May Spence was born May 1886, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died 1903, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; was buried , City Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
3. James Luther Spence was born 19 May 1890, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died 25 Jun 1946, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried 26 Jun 1946, Memory Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA.
4. Clyde Hoover Spence was born 8 Nov 1896, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; died 18 May 1977, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; was buried , Oaklawn Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.