William Roy Spence

WILLAM ROY SPENCE, 88, PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002 AT NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS BORN JUNE 23, 1914, IN PASQOTANK COUNTY, NC, SON OF THE LAE WILLIE D. AND EMMA DILLON SPENCE. BILL WAS A WWII NAVY VETERAN. WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A 32ND DEGREE MASON ANS A SHRINER (QUEEN CITY LODGE #602). BILL RETIRED FOM ELI LILLY DRG CO., AS A DETAIL PHARMACETCAL REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS LATER EMPLOYED AS A PHARMACIST WITH RAPER DRG CO.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES, HIS LOVING WIFE OF 10 YEARS, ALBERTA ROEMER SPENCE; HIS CHILDREN, BILL SPENCE AND WIFE, JANIE, OF RALEIGH, BET LAUGHINGHOSE AND HUSBAND, ED, OF SPARTA, AND LNN BEATTIE AND HUSBAND, CHUCK, OF SEVEN LAKES; AND HIS GRANDCHILDN, JASON SPENCE AND WIFE BECKY, OF GREENSBORO, STEPHEN SPENCE OF WNESVILLE, JACQUELY EATTIE OF BOONE, AND STEVEN BEATTIE OF SEVEN LAKES.
MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002, AT 11AM AT LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH, AND OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME, 508 S. TAYLOR STREET, ROCKY MOUNT. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, 1501 SUNSET AVE, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804, OR TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS, ASSOC., INC. 919 N. MICHIGAN AVE., SUITE 1100, CHICAGO, IL, 60611-1676.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE ENTRUSTED O BOWLNG FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.