Coosa County ALArchives Obituaries.....Speer, Alex 
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The Oldest Person in the County Gone 
    Alex Speer, who was at the time of his death the oldest person in 
this county, died at the home of his son-in-law, Dr. J. T. Hunter, at 
Equality, on the 11th day of the present month, he being at the time of 
his death 96 years of age. He was a citizen of this county 55 years, 
living during the time near Speed. Previous to coming to Alabama he 
lived South Carolina, his native state. 
    Notwithstanding his advance age Mr. Speer retained much of his 
physical strength and metal vigor to a short time before he died. 
    With his advancing years he kept bright and ever ready for use all 
the knowledge his active mind had gathered along the way and continually 
added thereto from each passing event. 
    He, and his wife who preceded him by a few years to the beyond, 
leave three sons, Jas. Speer, who lives near Wetumpka, Geo. Speer, of 
Chilton county, and W. C. Speer, of Speed. Also three daughter, Mrs. 
Bradford of Shelby county, Mrs. Christie, of East Lake, and Mrs. Hunter 
of Equality: Mrs. J. H. Johnson, another daughter, having preceded both 
father and mother to the spirit land by several years." (1)   
 
(1) The Chronicle, The Oldest Person in the County Gone, 21 Jan 1910, p. 
4. Published in Rockford, Coosa Co., AL. Microfilm: Located in the 
Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, AL. Researched by Ron Bridges 
on 23 May 2001.


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