Hopkins Co TX - WILLIAM SELLERS SPENCE

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WILLIAM SELLERS SPENCE, age 33 years, prominent young local attorney, passed
away at his home on Jefferson street in Sulphur Springs, Friday afternoon. He
had been in declining health since an automobile accident near Caddo Mills in
December, 1936, when he received injuries which paralyzed his lower limbs. Mr.
Spence was a brilliant young lawyer and was rapidly making strides in his
profession before the automobile accident which forced him into retirement. At
the time he was employed as an attorney for the Stanolind Gas and Oil Company
in the title division. He began the practice of law in 1927, later serving
four years as Assistant County Attorney under Emmett Thornton. William Sellers
Spence was the son of Mr. & Mrs. John Spence, born in Union Parish, Louisiana,
November 1, 1905. He attended school in Sulphur Springs, where he was a fine
football quarterback and gained scholastic honors. He later graduated form
Louisiana Tech, attended Texas Tech, and was graduated from Cumberland Law
School. He was married in 1926 to Miss Lynetta Fisher of Junction, Texas. To
this union one daughter, Katherine, age ten, was born. Immediate survivors
include his wife and daughter, his father, John Spence, Reddin, Okla.; one
brother, Jewell Ed Spence, Evansville, Indiana; one sister, Miss Sarah Alice
Spence, student at John Tarleton College, Stephenville. He was a nephew of
Judge Grove Sellers, Dr. Hodge Sellers, Dick Sellers, and Grady Sellers of
this county. Mr. Spence joined the First Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs
early in life, later moving his membership to the Church of Christ after
marrying. Funeral services were conducted at the Tapp Funeral Home with Rev.
Clark, Methodist pastor, in charge, with interment following in the City
Cemetery. (Daily News-Telegram, Sun. Ap. 16, 1939)