James Luther Spence

1890 - 1946  (56 years)

• Name	James Luther Spence
  Born	19 May 1890	Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jun 1946	Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA
  Buried	26 Jun 1946	Memory Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I5890	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Apr 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	Lillian Ogilvie Burke,   b. 20 Oct 1891, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 14 Apr 1948, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1925
  Children	+ 1. Jeanne Sweete Spence,   b. 26 Feb 1928, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 2022, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F2645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 May 1890 - Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA Died - 25 Jun 1946 - Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA Buried - 26 Jun 1946 - Memory Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		James Luther Spence
  		James Luther Spence and daughter Jeanne Sweete Spence
  		Lillian Ogilvie Burke Spence and James Luther Spence
  		James Luther Spence Taken in 1910 in Galveston, Texas, USA. James is the rifleman in the lower right corner of this picture.
  		James Luther Spence, Clyde Hoover Spence, Jeanne Sweete Spence, and Grandma Spence
  		Evelyn Virginia Spence, James Luther Spence, Jeanne Sweete Spence

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War I Draft Card - James Luther Spence Name: James Luther Spence Race: Caucasian Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 19 May 1890 Birth Place: Arkansas Street Address: 112 Drake Residence Place: Craighead, Arkansas, USA Physical Build: Medium Height: Medium Hair Color: Dark Eye Color: Blue
  		Death Certificate for James Luther Spence Name: James Luther Spence Gender: Male Race: White Age: 56 Birth Date: 19 May 1890 Birth Place: Jonesboro, Arkansas Residence: Longview, Gregg, Texas, USA Death Date: 25 Jun 1946 Death Place: Precinct 1, Gregg, Texas, USA Father: Jas L. Spence Mother: Annie Crow Cause of Death: Sepsis
  		U.S. Headstone Application for Military Veterans - James Luther Spence Name: James Luther Spence Birth Date: 19 May 1890 Death Date: 25 Jun 1946 Cemetery: Res Jonesboro Cemetery Location: Longview, Texas
  		Obituary of James Luther Spence Published in The Longview-News Journal on June 25, 1946

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: James L. Spence, 56, retired locomotive engineer, died Tuesday morning at 8:45 a.m. at his home on the Gladewater road, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at Welch's chapel with Rev. W.H. Chestham, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment will be in Memory Park. Although ill for more than four years his condition became worse two weeks ago. The deceased, a native of Jonesboro, Ark., has lived in Longview for a number of years. Before his illness he was an active member of Bernay Camp Post, American Legion, and took part in many local civic projects. During World War I he served in Paris and Orleans, France. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. James L. Spence of Longview; one daughter, Miss Jeanne Sweete Spence, student in Centenary college, Shreveport; one brother, Clyde Spence of Jonesboro, Ark. Pallbearers will be members of the local post of the American Legion. (Published in The Longview-News Journal on June 25, 1946)