Mr. Spradley died Monday morning, December 21, about 7 o'clock as the result of a shotgun blast which entered his right ear and came out the top of his head. He was at his home in the Jordan's Quarters off the Douglass highway at the time.
Bill Roberts, city policeman, who investigated the incident with Charles Christian, constable in precint one, said the body, the gun, and the angle of the wound indicated that it was self-infliced. Reltives said Mr. Spradley was in ill health and had been despondent for some time, threatening repeatedly recently to do away with himself.
Funeral services for Mr. Spradley were held Tuesday December 22, 1953, 2 o'clock at Alazan with the Rev. G.W. Nelson, Baptist minister, officiating. Interment was in the Alazan cenetery.
Mr. Spradley was the son of Patrick Henry & Mary Katherine (Stone) Spradley.
Bearers: Luther Jordan Nacogdoches, Tx. Fred Stinson Beaumont, Tx. Freddie Norton Vidor, Tx. Robert Spradley Nacogdoches, Tx. L.B. McBroom Nacogdoches, Tx. and Truitt Brewer Nacagdoches, Tx.
Mr. Spradley is survived by his wife Audis (Johnson) Spradley
Mr. Spradley died Monday morning, December 21, about 7 o'clock as the result of a shotgun blast which entered his right ear and came out the top of his head. He was at his home in the Jordan's Quarters off the Douglass highway at the time.
Bill Roberts, city policeman, who investigated the incident with Charles Christian, constable in precint one, said the body, the gun, and the angle of the wound indicated that it was self-infliced. Reltives said Mr. Spradley was in ill health and had been despondent for some time, threatening repeatedly recently to do away with himself.
Funeral services for Mr. Spradley were held Tuesday December 22, 1953, 2 o'clock at Alazan with the Rev. G.W. Nelson, Baptist minister, officiating. Interment was in the Alazan cenetery.
Mr. Spradley was the son of Patrick Henry & Mary Katherine (Stone) Spradley.
Bearers: Luther Jordan Nacogdoches, Tx. Fred Stinson Beaumont, Tx. Freddie Norton Vidor, Tx. Robert Spradley Nacogdoches, Tx. L.B. McBroom Nacogdoches, Tx. and Truitt Brewer Nacagdoches, Tx.
Mr. Spradley is survived by his wife Audis (Johnson) Spradley
Family Members
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Infant Son Spradley
1891–1891
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Riley Corbett Spradley
1893–1962
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Hattie Spradley Jones
1894–1919
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Patrick Henry "Pad" Spradley
1896–1968
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Lillian Spradley Grimes
1900–1978
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Felix Spradley
1902–1904
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Ance Spradley
1905–1906
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Ennis Stein Spradley
1907–1987
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Bay Spradley
1909–1977
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Ella Katherine Spradley
1916–1999
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