NAME: JAMES HILLIARD JIM SPENCE, III AGE 77, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 4, 1921 AT GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI TO JAMES HILLIARD, II AND BERTHA MAE (CORDELL) SPENCE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. AGE: 77 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ALBUQURQUE, NM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. MARRIED: MARYETTA A. WALZ ON FEBRUARY 1, 1940 AT GREENVILLE, MS. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A DAIRYMAN OVER 51 YEARS. THE LAST 24 HE WAS WITH MUNGLE DAIRY IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. JIM WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME AND THE BAPTIST FOUNDATION IN WAPANUCKA, OK. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: MARGERY A. VALLER OF CARSON CITY, NV. LYNDA L. THILLEMANN AND HUSBAND TOM OF KENOSHA, WI. CAROL S. TUTOR AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF GREENVILLE, MS. MARGARET JOY THOMAS AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK. SON: JAMES H. SPENCE LV AND WIFE CAROL ANN OF TUSHKA, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOE T. SPENCE OF ALBUQURQUE, NM ARRON R. SPENCE AND WIFE MAZELLE OF FT. COLLINS. CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES H. AND BERTHA SPENCE. WIFE: MARYETTA SPENCE ON DECEMBER 5, 1996. SON: JOE TALLEY SPENCE OCTOBER 26, 1996.

GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1999 AT 9:30 A.M. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. MEMORIAL SERVICE: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH AT 10:00 A.M. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO ASSISTING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY CASKETBEARERS: BUBBA TUTOR, SONNY TUTOR, JAMES SPENCE, WAYNE TUTOR, BOB THOMAS, MICHAEL SPENCE.