Extracted from the Panola Watchman (Carthage, TX)
Thursday, December 20, 1962

Funeral for W. H. Spradley Held Tuesday

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Reeves Baptist Church for William Horace Spradley, 74, who died at his residence in the Reeves Community Monday. He was a native of Panola County and a long-time resident of the Reeves Community.

Ministers for the service were the Rev. William Hitt, the Rev. Herman Bagley, and the Rev. Leonard Milford. Burial, under the direction of the Hawthorn Funeral Home, was in Reeves Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edna Spradley; a son, Conway Spradley of Reeves; two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Barnett of Reeves and Mrs. Harvard LaGrone of Deadwood; one brother, J. R. Spradley of Reeves; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.