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J.W. “Dub” Spence, 81, of McComb, died Jan. 9, 2007, at his
residence.
Visitation is 9 to 10:50 a.m. Friday at the Church of the Mediator
Parish Hall. Funeral rites are at 11 a.m. at the Church of the
Mediator in McComb. The Rev. Melanie Lemburg and the Rev. David
Lemburg will officiate. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery under
direction of Jones Family Funeral Services.
Mr. Spence was born Sept. 6, 1925, in McComb, to Odies Elgin Spence
and Avanelle Liles Spence.
He was retired from Kraft Foods, where he was a district sales
manager. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, attaining the
rank of pharmacist’s mate first class. He was a devout member of the
Episcopal Church of the Mediator and a member of the McComb City
Lodge No. 382 F&AM.
Educated in the McComb school system, he attended Southeastern
Louisiana University and Southwestern Louisiana University. He
graduated from Southern School of Prosthetic Dentistry and worked in
that field for several years.
He began his career with Kraft, Inc. Dairy Group in 1957 and
received a bachelor’s degree in business administration-management
and marketing from I.C.S. in 1962. In 1958, as a sales
representative for Sealtest products, he developed a distribution
center in southwest Louisiana with offices in Lafayette and was
appointed branch manager of that operation. Success led to a
promotion to sales manager in New Orleans in 1965. From there he
became zone sales manager, then district general sales manager,
covering several states until he retired in 1984. He received his
company’s “President Award” at each level of assignment. One of his
proudest achievements was made as a Boy Scout when he reached the
rank of Eagle Scout.
After retiring and returning to McComb, he played an active role in
the annual reunions of the McComb High School classes of the 1940s.
He was a board member of the McComb Interdenominational Care
Association. He was a member of the Institute of Learning in
Retirement at Southwest Mississippi Community College and was vice
president of the ILR’s 2005-06 board of directors.
He and his brother, Elgin, liked to perform music for people, and he
was a member of the Sweet Spirit Singers who performed at Liberty
Baptist Church.
Mr. Spence was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 54
years, Lucy Anderson Spence; an infant daughter, Lucy Marie Spence;
a grandson, Scott James Ryan and a brother, Donald E. Spence.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, David and Jill
Spence of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scotland, and Joseph William Spence
III of Hattiesburg; a daughter, Kathryn Spence of Slidell, La.; a
brother and his wife, Elgin C. Spence and Gertrude of Memphis,
Tenn.; four grandchildren, Spence P. Ryan and Donald Ryan, both of
Slidell, Joe Falke of England and Susan Spence of
Berwick-Upon-Tweed; three great-grandchildren, Dylan Ryan of Slidell
and Ruby and Robin Falke of England; and many other family and
friends.
Pallbearers will be Spence Ryan, Donald Ryan, Patrick Ryan, Ted W.
Spence, Chris Shively and Mike Thron. Honorary pallbearer will be
Charles Felder.
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