JAMES ALVIN SPENCE
10/13/1946 - 07/08/2004
Nashville, Tennessee
James Alvin Spence, formerly of South Bend,
Indiana, now a resident of Nashville Tennessee, died in an accident while
fishing at Tims Ford State Park in Franklin County, Tennessee. He
left his home in Nashville July 4th 2004 to go fishing at Tims Ford State Park.
When he failed to return home and his family was unable to reach him, they
contacted authorities who discovered his body July 8th. He apparently
drowned when the dam at Tims Ford was opened and the alarm failed to sound the
warning.
He was born October 13, 1946 in Texas, the son of Alvin O. Spence
and Ruby Roden Spence of Texas. Both have
predeceased him.
On August 14, 1971 in South Bend, Indiana, he married the
former Pamela A. Mathews. Besides his former wife and
best friend, he is also survived by daughters Aimee M. Spence-Taylor
and Amanda R. Spence-Jackson and son, David Andrew Spence,
all of Nashville TN. Grandchildren Cassidy R. Spence,
Arden R. Taylor, Blake, Breanna and Brandon Law.
A brother, Doyle W. Spence of Texas also
survives.
James Spence was a Federal Court
Reporter in Nashville TN and formerly a court reporter in South Bend IN before
moving to Nashville TN in about 1983.
He was a veteran of the United States Army.
Services for James Spence were held in
Nashville TN and military honors burial was at Midland Tennessee Veterans
Cemetery on July 12, 2004.