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William Andrew SPANN

William Andrew SPANN7,2,4,5

10th Sep 19521,2,3,4,5 - 23rd Nov 20196,6

Life History

10th Sep 1952

Born in Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma.1,2,3,4,5

23rd Nov 2019

Died in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.6,6

Inoperable cancer, with a long recent history of various health complications.

Other facts

 

Married Living PYLE

 

Married Living WYATT

 

Married Living HASBROUCK

 

Graduated

 

Buried.6,6

 

Birth of son Living SPANN

 

Birth of daughter Living SPANN

 

Birth of daughter Living SPANN

 

Birth of son Living SPANN

 

Birth of son Living SPANN

 

Birth of son Living SPANN

Notes

  • Birth Announcement for William Andrew Spann, son of James Ernest Spann (1905-1995) and Dessie Lea Gregory (1915-2003)
    William Andrew Spann
    Born 10 September 1952
    Weight 8 pounds 8 ounces
    --  From the photos and papers of Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, November 2019

    U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
    William A Spann
    Birth Date 10 September 1952
    203 S Montie Ave, Pauls Valley, OK, 73075-5421 (1993)
    2605 N Villa Blvd, Fayetteville, AR, 72703-3327 (1993)

    U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990
    Andrew Spann
    Marching Band,  p 51
    Senior Class, p 100
    Estimated Age 16 [? should be 18 for a Senior]
    Birth Year abt 1954 [1952]
    1970 Panther Yearbook, Pauls Valley High School, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

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    My grandfather: James Ernest Spann married Dessie Lea Gregory (March 12, 1915) and had two sons:
    William Andrew Spann (September 10, 1952) married Condra Sue Smith Wyatt (October 1946) and had
    Sondra Lee Spann (July 28, 1972) (also has been married and has children) and
    Laura Jean Spann (January 15, 1975) (now Laura Loyal with Rhiannon Skye Loyal (June 1998) and Caitlynn Marianna Loyal (July 1999))
    and then Debbie Gail Pyle (July 4, 1959) and had
    William Eugene Spann (December 16, 1982)
    Christopher Wayne Spann (January 12, 1985), and
    Justin Dean Spann (October 9, 1986)
    James Royce Spann (January 6, 1955) married Jeanne Francis Craig Morena (January 30, 1953)
    (no longer married) and had me Susan Spann (November 9, 1978).
    --  Susan Spann, RootsWeb Discussion, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SPANN/2002-04/1019366671
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    In his later years, Andrew had problems with Cancer, overcoming one bout, but continued in weak health, with hospitalization for several problems.  In 2019, he had an operation for lung cancer in 2013 and almost succumbed.  Andrew spent some time with his daughter Laura in Colorado, going out there form Oklahoma in early 2018.  He also became ill there, with pneumonia, it is thought, and was in hospice there for some time.  He finally recovered well enough to return to Oklahoma in about August 2019.

    He attended a family reunion in Lindsay, Oklahoma, in September 2019, accompanied by his brother and his caregiver Jerry Farris, a friend of about 40 years.  Andrew had stayed with Jerry when he had been sick in the past.  Jerry lives across the street from Andrew's parents' home in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, where Andrew lived after his parents died.

    Andrew had a tumor removed from his intestines in November 2019, but began having a blockage in his throat and it  was discovered in mid-November 2019 that this was because of inoperable cancer throughout his body.  He was in the hospital, then hospice and was shortly put in ICU again and on 22 November, life support other than oxygen was removed and he said his goodbyes to his children by phone.

    Andrew died a little before 4 PM at the Ada Hospital after surgery, followed by other complications, then by discovery of inoperable cancer throughout his body. His brother James Royce Spann was with him and passed the word to waiting family members in several states.

    No final memorial service or funeral was held.  His brother James Royce Spann and his caregiver and friend Jerry were with him at the end in the hospital in Ada, Oklahoma.  His body was cremated.

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