Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Jim Leon Spence 1934 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Jim Leon Spence as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 9 Feb 1934. Camilla, Georgia. Mr. Jim Leon Spence, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Spence, of Camilla, died suddenly at a C. C. C. camp at Crystal Lake, Fla., Monday, 5 Feb 1934, morning about 3:00 AM. The news of his death came as a great shock to his family and friends here, as he was supposed to be in excellent health. According to the report of his death received here, Mr. Spence in company with a number of other young men from the camp, made a trip to Panama City Sunday in one of the service trucks. That night when they returned about 12:00 AM Mr. Spence was asleep in the truck and when his companions tried to arouse him, he answered them but did not get up. They did not realize he was sick and went off to bed and left him. About three o'clock Monday morning one of the young men went back to the truck to wake him up and discovered he was dead. The authorities at the camp immediately notified the young man's parents here and the Camilla Hardware & Implement Co. Sent an ambulance to Crystal Lake to bring the body to Camilla. Mr. Spence had been in the camp only about two weeks, having been assigned to the place as an ex-service man. The deceased was 33 years of age and was born and reared in Camilla. He was married and leaves a wife and a 7 year old son. He is also survived by his parents, one brother, Mr. Seab Spence of Moultrie; two sisters, Mrs. J. V. Tab of Colquitt and Mrs. L. C. Wilder of Pelham. Funeral services were held at the residence here Tuesday, 6 Feb 1934, at 3:00 PM, conducted by Rev S. H. Bennett, pastor of the Baptist church. Interment was in the family lot in the Old Cemetery. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Virgil Holton, Weyman Holton, Ernest Ward, Aubrey Palmer, Lee Swilley, John C, Phillips and Ernest Swilley. An honorary escort composed of young friends of the deceased included the following: Messrs. William Hilliard, Neal Mansfield, Charles Kolbie, Turner Palmer John Robert Ward, Fulton Bullard and Carroll Spence. Mr. Bramlett of the Camilla Hardware & Implement Co. was in charge.