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Ernest A. Spence

Rockford, Michigan

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Mr. Ernest Alexander Spence, our beloved father, grandfather and friend went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 18, 2016. He was born in Bristol, VA, raised in Bristol, TN, the only child born to Ernest and Ila (Atchley) Spence, born on December 8, 1929. He served in the United States Army...

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Our sympathy to the Spence family. I remember Ernie from back in the Ford parts days, Our dealership did business with several companys Ernie represented. He was the real deal.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

I was privileged to have been helping take care of Ernie for the past 19 months. I don't think I have ever known a man that had the will to live like he did. He had been through amazing Illnesses, sicknesses and surgeries, and stunned everybody because he just kept on going. But finally his body couldn't keep up with everything that he had gone through and over the past three months he had just gone downhill to the point where he became a prisoner in his hospital bed and over the past couple...