Extracted from the Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Sunday, January 8, 1995

CARRIE LEE SPRADLEY
1912-1995

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Lee Spradley, 82, of Carthage were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 1995 at Jimerson Funeral Home Chapel in Carthage. The Rev. Jerry Burnaman officiated. Interment followed in the Antioch Cemetery. Mrs. Spradley died Wednesday, Jan. 4 at Panola General Hospital.

Born on October 27, 1912 in Van Zandt County, she was the daughter of Allon and Sally Ann Thomas Hightower. Mrs. Spradley was a life long resident of Panola County and homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith.

Mrs. Spradley is survived by her three sons, J.D. (Bud) Spradley and Benny Spradley, both of Newton County, Texas, and Joe Spradley of Texas; three daughters, Bobbie Bernell Jones of Carthage, Ann Hightower of San Augustine, and Jenny Francia of Mulberry, Ark.; three sisters, Gertrude McDania and Tula Biggs, both of Carthage, and Pauline Cathy of Tyler; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren.