Mr. Charles Norman Spence

Charles Norman Spence of Albany died November 11, 2016, at his home. A service will be held November 14, 2016, at 11 o’clock a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church on Byron Plantation Road with Jeff Cook, Pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service in the church sanctuary beginning at 10 o’clock a.m. Military Honors and interment will follow the service at Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Spence, the youngest of nine children, was born on May 22, 1931, in Blakely, Early County, to the late Absolom Claude Spence and Mattie Mae Jones Spence. He was married for 51 years to Betty Pilcher Spence who predeceased him on March 12, 2006. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean conflict from 1950 to 1953. He graduated from Blakely High School, class of 1949; University of Georgia with a BBA degree, University of Georgia law school with an LLB and was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1959. Mr. Spence was a member of State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association and American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He was employed by Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation in Atlanta briefly before joining the law firm of Watson and Keenan, which later became Watson, Spence, Lowe and Chambless, and is now known as Watson Spence. Mr. Spence specialized in the practice of real estate law until his retirement in 2010. He served as attorney for the Albany Board of Realtors for many years and received numerous awards from the Board for his dedication, priceless counsel and services. He also taught classes in real estate law at Darton College. He was instrumental in organizing the Boys Club of Albany, now known as Boys and Girls Clubs of Albany, and served it tirelessly through its early years. He was a charter member of the Sertoma Club of Albany, Georgia and served as president 1964-65. During his presidency the club received the Superior Club award from Sertoma International. In his personal and professional life Norman Spence gave of himself, was always humble and was never attention seeking. Friends described him as a man of integrity. He was a long time member of Christ United Methodist Church where he served as chairman of the finance committee for years and in various other capacities. Mr. Spence is survived by his daughters, Sandra Spence Breedlove (Ken), and Leigh Ann Spence-Alexandridis (Kostas); two grandchildren, Brandon Breedlove and Haley Breedlove Mock (Andrew); and one great-granddaughter, Thea Rose Mock, all of Albany. He is also survived by two sisters, Wilamenia Griner of Cartersville, June Spence of Atlanta; two brothers, Phillip Spence of Milledgeville, and Bill Spence of Blakely; and numerous nieces and nephews. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Christ United Methodist Church, 505 Byron Plantation Road, Albany, Georgia 31721 or Albany Community Hospice, 320 Foundation Lane, Albany, Georgia 31707. To share a memory with The Spence Family or to sign our online guestbook, please visit www.kimbrellstern.com.

Mr. Charles Norman Spence

May 22, 1931 - November 11, 2016