James Otis Spires (1907 - 2000)

Born 2 Nov 1907 in Telfair County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Oct 2000 at age 92 in Thomaston, Upson, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Descendant of John Ganzer Spires and Gideon Towns.

Otis was born in 1907, the 3rd of 11 children to William Marion Spires and Alice Jane Towns. His siblings were: Fred Eugene, Infant Boy, Eula Mae, Norman Jackson, Willie Maud, Lester, Myrtle Jeanette, Doris, Ruth Pearl, and Lucille.

• Fact: Residence (1910) Cobbville, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1920) Milan, Telfair, Georgia

He married in 1928 to his second cousin once removed, Bertha Mae Spires, daughter of Henry Robert Spires and Rosa Gertrude Jones. He was about 20 years old. They had at least 4 children together:

1. Athel Weston Spires
2. Alton Spires
3. Frances Javene Spires

• Fact: Residence (1930) Milan, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) District 1344, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Military Draft Registration (1941) McRae, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Citizenship United States
• Fact: Residence McRae, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (10 Dec 1991) McRae, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1 Jan 1996 - 1 Oct 1998) McRae, Telfair, Georgia
• Fact: Obituary (12 Oct 2000) Georgia

Otis passed away in 2000 at the age of 92.

• Fact: Burial (2000) New Red Hill Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery, Milan, Telfair, Georgia

Links

• FamilySearch PID: KVK1-GMN
• Find A Grave: Memorial #72964403 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLX-V2P : accessed 6 September 2020), James O Spires in household of W M Spires, Cobbville, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 162, sheet 19A, family 789, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 212; FHL microfilm 1,374,225.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJX8-2R3 : accessed 6 September 2020), Otis Spires in household of W M Spires, Milan, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing ED 109, sheet 9B, line 91, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 278; FHL microfilm 1,820,278.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZMG-LZM : accessed 6 September 2020), Otis Spires, Milan, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 2B, line 85, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 386; FHL microfilm 2,340,121.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7PL-FN7 : 27 May 2020), Otis Spires, Militia District 1344, Telfair, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 134-9, sheet 2B, line 58, family 31, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 712.
• "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MP-DWQ : accessed 6 September 2020), James Otis Spires, 1941; citing Mcrae, Telfair, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri; FamilySearch digital folder 004756596.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57H-W1M3 : 29 July 2020), Otis Spires in entry for Mrs Willie Maude Hall, 1991.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ84-C214 : 29 May 2020), James O Spires, 1996-1998.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J17R-83L : 21 August 2020), Otis Spires, 10 Oct 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTK-2K35 : accessed 6 September 2020), Otis Spires, Georgia, United States, 12 Oct 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Macon Telegraph, The, born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 September 2020), memorial page for James Otis Spires (2 Nov 1907–9 Oct 2000), Find a Grave Memorial no. 72964403, citing New Red Hill Holliness Baptist Church Cemetery, Milan, Telfair County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Kay W. Waters (contributor 46890871).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 September 2020, 20:40), entry for James Otis Spires(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KVK1-GMN); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70236500/person/30364980079/facts : accessed 6 Sep 2020), profile for James Otis Spires.

Acknowledgement

Spires-649was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 6 Sep 2020. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.