William Aubra Spence

1883 - 1937  (53 years)

• Name	William Aubra Spence
  Born	5 Sep 1883	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jun 1937	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Buried	4 Jun 1937	Oaklawn Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
  Person ID	I5888	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	James Lindsey Spence,   b. 7 Mar 1861, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1926, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Hester Annie Crow,   b. 12 Dec 1862, Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1900, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1882	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Family ID	F2459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Lee Stokes,   b. 4 Apr 1887, Mason, Tipton County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1974, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1906	Monroe County, Arkansas, USA
  Children	+ 1. Bertha Mae Spence,   b. 22 Jan 1908, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1980, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA  (Age 71 years) + 2. Della Dolores Spence,   b. 26 Nov 1909, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1992, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 82 years) + 3. Vertice Ann Spence,   b. 6 Jul 1912, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1983, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 71 years) + 4. Homer Clarence Spence,   b. 2 Mar 1915, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1992, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017
  Family ID	F2460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Sep 1883 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Married - 16 Dec 1906 - Monroe County, Arkansas, USA Died - 2 Jun 1937 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Buried - 4 Jun 1937 - Oaklawn Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Death Claims Railroad Man Published in The Jonesboro, Arkansas Sun on June 2, 1937
  		Illness After Being Overheated Causes Death W. A. Spence Published in The Jonesboro, Arkansas Sun on June 2, 1937
  		Obituary of William Aubrey Spence Published in The Jonesboro, Arkansas Sun on June 3, 1937
  		William Aubrey Spence and Ethel Lee Stokes Marriage License Groom Name: W.A. Spence Bride Name: Ethel Stokes Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1906 Marriage Place: Monroe, Arkansas, USA Residence Place: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas
  		U.S. World War I Draft Card - William Aubra Spence Name: Willie Aubra Spence Race: White Birth Date: 5 Sep 1883 Street Address: 334 Drake St. Residence Place: Craighead, Arkansas, USA Relative: Ethel Lee Spence
  		Death Certificate for William Aubra Spence Name: W. Aubra Spence Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 52 Birth Date: 7 Sep 1884 [5 Sep 1883] Death Date: 2 Jun 1937 Death Place: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, USA Father: J. L. Spence Mother: Annie Crow Spouse: Ethel Lee Stokes Spence Certificate Number: 205

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of William Aubrey Spence Oaklawn Cemetery - Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Spence Rites Be Held Friday P.M. Funeral services for W. A. Spence, who passed away yesterday morning at eleven o'clock at his home, 120 Drake, following a brief illness, will be held Friday afternoon at four o'clock at the Fisher Street Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. J. L. Hoggard, church pastor, assisted by Rev. L. L. Shoptaw and Rev. L. G. Miller. Interment will be in Oaklawn Cemetery in charge of Gregg Funeral Home. Pall bearers will be: active, Pat Lyons, Ersel Odell, Lyle Odell, Orville McErven, Dillard Hendrix, and Holman Mabry; honorary, Bud Davis, John Dacus, John Griggs, Lee Daniels, R. C. Cloyd, Foster Sethman, Tom Hoover, and Aubry Futrell. Surviving are: his wife, one son, Homer Spence, three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Mae Adrian, of Denver, Colo., Miss Delores Spence and Mrs. Vertise Berry, of this city; two brothers, Clyde Spence, of Jonesboro, and J. L. Spence, of Longview, Texas; and his step-mother, Mrs. Willie Spence, of this city. The deceased was well known in Jonesboro. He was a member of the Fisher Street Methodist Church and was employed at the Cotton Belt roundhouse. (Published in The Jonesboro, Arkansas Sun on June 3, 1937)