Hollis Cornelious Spence, 72, of Mount Olive, N.C., died Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro, N.C.
A native of Botetourt County, he was a son of the late Simon Edgar and Gladys Williams Spence.
A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the Korean Conflict and received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars and the United Nations Service Medal. He was a self-employed carpenter and was formerly employed as an engineer with Civil Service at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby "Susie Q" Pruitt Spence; three sons, James Kenneth Goin of Mount Olive, Gregory Allen Spence of Belfast, N.C., and Hollis Chad Spence of Mount Olive; one daughter, Ruby Dawn Hardison of Mount Olive; three brothers, Bobby Spence of Stuart, James Spence of Patrick Springs and Raymond Spence of Littleton, Colo.; five sisters, Lillian Higgins of Lexington, N.C., Gracie Sigmon of Bassett, Dorothy Spence and Virginia Brown, both of Lexington, and Josie Bowman of Westfield, N.C.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Ed Rouse, Spence's nephew, the Rev. Jackie Spence, and Ken Powell officiated. Burial was in Wayne Memorial Park.
A native of Botetourt County, he was a son of the late Simon Edgar and Gladys Williams Spence.
A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the Korean Conflict and received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars and the United Nations Service Medal. He was a self-employed carpenter and was formerly employed as an engineer with Civil Service at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby "Susie Q" Pruitt Spence; three sons, James Kenneth Goin of Mount Olive, Gregory Allen Spence of Belfast, N.C., and Hollis Chad Spence of Mount Olive; one daughter, Ruby Dawn Hardison of Mount Olive; three brothers, Bobby Spence of Stuart, James Spence of Patrick Springs and Raymond Spence of Littleton, Colo.; five sisters, Lillian Higgins of Lexington, N.C., Gracie Sigmon of Bassett, Dorothy Spence and Virginia Brown, both of Lexington, and Josie Bowman of Westfield, N.C.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Ed Rouse, Spence's nephew, the Rev. Jackie Spence, and Ken Powell officiated. Burial was in Wayne Memorial Park.
Hollis Cornelious Spence, 72, of Mount Olive, N.C., died Wednesday, January 30, 2002, at Kitty Askins Hospice Center in Goldsboro, N.C.
A native of Botetourt County, he was a son of the late Simon Edgar and Gladys Williams Spence.
A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the Korean Conflict and received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars and the United Nations Service Medal. He was a self-employed carpenter and was formerly employed as an engineer with Civil Service at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby "Susie Q" Pruitt Spence; three sons, James Kenneth Goin of Mount Olive, Gregory Allen Spence of Belfast, N.C., and Hollis Chad Spence of Mount Olive; one daughter, Ruby Dawn Hardison of Mount Olive; three brothers, Bobby Spence of Stuart, James Spence of Patrick Springs and Raymond Spence of Littleton, Colo.; five sisters, Lillian Higgins of Lexington, N.C., Gracie Sigmon of Bassett, Dorothy Spence and Virginia Brown, both of Lexington, and Josie Bowman of Westfield, N.C.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Ed Rouse, Spence's nephew, the Rev. Jackie Spence, and Ken Powell officiated. Burial was in Wayne Memorial Park.
A native of Botetourt County, he was a son of the late Simon Edgar and Gladys Williams Spence.
A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the Korean Conflict and received the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Stars and the United Nations Service Medal. He was a self-employed carpenter and was formerly employed as an engineer with Civil Service at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Surviving are his wife, Ruby "Susie Q" Pruitt Spence; three sons, James Kenneth Goin of Mount Olive, Gregory Allen Spence of Belfast, N.C., and Hollis Chad Spence of Mount Olive; one daughter, Ruby Dawn Hardison of Mount Olive; three brothers, Bobby Spence of Stuart, James Spence of Patrick Springs and Raymond Spence of Littleton, Colo.; five sisters, Lillian Higgins of Lexington, N.C., Gracie Sigmon of Bassett, Dorothy Spence and Virginia Brown, both of Lexington, and Josie Bowman of Westfield, N.C.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday at Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home. The Rev. Ed Rouse, Spence's nephew, the Rev. Jackie Spence, and Ken Powell officiated. Burial was in Wayne Memorial Park.
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