Kate Syble Coleman Spence was born on October 13, 1918, the second child of Griff and Florence Coleman of the Betheden Community. She lived all her life in the Louisville area, except for the last five years she lived in the Vickers Personal Care Home. Kate married Robert Walker Spence. Together they had a daughter Patricia.
Kate (as she liked to be called by everyone, young and old) passed away on November 4, 2013, leaving her daughter, Patricia Smith (Tommy); her granddaughter Brooke Eaves (Ryan); her sister Yvonne McNeill; great grandchildren Branson Spence Eaves and Anna Rose Eaves’ along with many, many other friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother Eugene Coleman, and her grandson Grant Smith.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 5th, 2013, at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Mike Childs officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Serving as pallbearers will be Ryan Eaves, Branson Eaves, Mike Coleman, Wesley Coleman, Randal Livingston, and Josh Edwards.
Memorials may be made to Winston Academy, P.O. Box 545, Louisville, MS 39339.
