Jeanne Sweete Spence
1928 - 2022 (94 years)-
Name Jeanne Sweete Spence Born 26 Feb 1928 Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Gender Female Died 20 Nov 2022 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA Buried 26 Nov 2022 Rosewood Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA Person ID I6226 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 14 Feb 2023
Father James Luther Spence, b. 19 May 1890, Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA , d. 25 Jun 1946, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 56 years) Mother 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 Family ID F2645 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henry Augustus Pace, Jr., b. 8 Mar 1925, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA , d. 15 Jun 2003, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 78 years) Married 2 Feb 1948 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA Children 1. J.D. Pace 2. R.G. Pace + 3. James Henry Pace, b. 10 Feb 1952, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA , d. 22 Jan 1993, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 40 years)+ 4. K.J. Pace + 5. Richard William Pace, b. 13 Jul 1958, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA , d. 31 Dec 2008, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA (Age 50 years)Last Modified 12 May 2020 Family ID F2646 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Feb 1928 - Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Married - 2 Feb 1948 - Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA Died - 20 Nov 2022 - Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 26 Nov 2022 - Rosewood Park Cemetery - Longview, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Lillian Ogilvie Burke - Fortune Teller - 1930's
Lillian and daughter Jeanne join what is probably a Methodist Ladies group for an exotic themed crystal ball reading and party. Lillian is front right in turban, beads and bangles.
James Luther Spence and daughter Jeanne Sweete Spence 
Jeanne Sweete Spence 
Lillian Ogilvie Burke Spence tells fortunes - 1930s
Taken in Texas. Lillian and daughter Jeanne join what is probably a Methodist Ladies group for an exotic themed crystal ball reading and party. Lillian is front right in turban, beads and bangles.
James Luther Spence, Clyde Hoover Spence, Jeanne Sweete Spence, and Grandma Spence 
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Henry Augustus Pace, Jr. and Jeanne Sweete Spence Pace 
Evelyn Virginia Spence, James Luther Spence, Jeanne Sweete Spence 
Jeanne Sweete Spence Pace 
Jeanne Sweete Spence 
Jeanne Sweete Spence At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
Jeanne Sweete Spence Pace
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Documents 
Jeanne Spence Pledges National Sorority At Centenary College
Published in The Longview News-Journal on October 14, 1946
Jeanne Sweet Spence Injured In Automobile Accident In Shreveport
Published in The Longview News-Journal on December 13, 1946
Mrs. J. L. Spence spends Sunday in Shreveport with daughter
Published in The Longview News-Journal on December 16, 1946
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Notes - Obituary:
LONGVIEW - Funeral services for Jeanne Sweete Spence Pace will be held at Rader Funeral Home in Longview, Saturday, November 26 at 2:00 p.m. Jeff Sims will officiate. Memorials may be made to a church or charity of choice.
Mrs. Pace died Sunday, November 20, 2022. She was born February 26, 1928, in Monroe LA, the only daughter of James Luther and Lillian Burke Spence. She attended Longview schools from 1934-1944, graduating with honors on D-Day, June 6, 1944. She attended Southwest Texas State College 1944-1946 and received a B.A. degree in English from Centenary College, June 2, 1947. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She taught fourth grade at Northcutt Heights School in Longview, 1947-1948. On February 2, 1948, she married Henry A. Pace, Jr. at First Christian Church. In May 1948, she began work for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. She served as secretary of Judson PTA, 1957-1959. She was a Cub Scout Den Mother and Blue Bird Leader. She served on the Board of the T&P Federal Credit Union, was a member of Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and was a docent at the East Texas Oil Museum in Kilgore. For many years, she served as election clerk and election judge. She was President of Gregg County Republican Women, 1983-1984. She retired from T&P-MP-UP Railroad in 1986. Mrs. Pace was a member of Alpine Church of Christ.
Mrs. Pace was preceded in death by her parents, a half sister, Lillian White/Raimey, two sons, James Henry Pace and Richard William Pace, great grandson, Jaden Daniel Sims, and her husband of 55 years, Henry A. Pace, Jr.
She is survived by a daughter, Kathie Jeanne Sims, two sons and four daughters in law, John David and Gayla Pace, Robert Gordon and Sandra Pace, Teresa Pace, and Sheena Pace. She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Jeromey Daniel Sims, Jeffrey Scott and Kristina Sims, Brandi Michelle and Travis Reed, Alexandra Morgan Pace and Stuart Wright, Tony Sabo, Jamie Lynn and Clay Heichelheim, Justin Ryan Pace, Philip Bryan Pace and Ashley Liegman, Jason Aaron and Tami Pace, Kelli Michelle and Billy Dixon, twelve great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.
(Published in The Longview News-Journal on November 23, 2022)
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