Obit of George E. Spraberry, Jr. (s161) - Roger Mills County, OK Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 29 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Spraberry, Andersen Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4974 George E. Spraberry, Jr. spent the last day of his life helping at risk students of the PACE School in Duncanville. Mr. Spraberry, 68, died November 12, 1998 of a heart attack at Charleton Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Services were in Dallas and Prague, Oklahoma where he was buried. The longtime Duncanville Independent School District band director and counselor came out of retirement in 1993 to help start the new school, designed to keep seventh-12th grades from dropping out. "He's saved many a did." PACE principal Ruth Richey said. Mr. Spraberry did what it took, whether it was buying glasses, prom tickets or lunch for students, she said. He was ever known to take students to and from school. "He had an open pocket, he paid for what ever they needed." Dr. Richey said. Born in Perry, Oklahoma, Mr. Spraberry, received a bachelor's degree in music from OSU in Stillwater in 1953 and a master''s degree in counseling in 1960. From 1953 to 1964 Mr. Spraberry taught in public schools in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He joined the Duncanville district in 1965 as band director. In 1974 he became a counselor at Ree Junior High School. He retired in 1989 to care for his aging parents but returned to the school district in 1993 to help start PACE School. Mr. Spraberry is survived by a sister, Stella Andersen of Dallas. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 10-Dec-1998