Mr. William "Ed" Spence

March 24, 1929 - January 10, 2019

Mr. William “Ed” Spence, 89, of Poulan died Thursday at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Ga. The family will receive friends on Sunday January 13, 2019 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Banks Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday January 14, 2019 at Banks Funeral Home with interment to follow in the Poulan Cemetery. The Rev. Jason Jones will officiate. Mr. Spence was born March 24, 1929 in Worth County to the late William Thomas and Odell Fowler Spence. He lived in Worth County most of his life. Mr. Spence was the retired owner/operator of Ed’s Texaco in Sylvester and also formerly employed with the City of Sylvester, the Housing Authority and the historical Nike Base in Worth County. He enjoyed fishing, smoking his pipe, playing cards with his friends at Ed’s Truck Stop in Poulan and watching his grandchildren play ball. Survivors include his long time companion, Linda Clemens of Poulan; children, Eddy Spence (Kun-Jae) of Hinesville, Judy Lowe (Danny) of Brunswick, Cindy Spence of Brunswick, Traci Brooks (Keith) of Sylvester and Eric Clemens of Poulan; grandchildren, Angela Edwards, Trever Spence (Jessica), Jordi Craft (Adam), Christie McCorkle (Marcus), Wendy Spencer (Terence), Justin Walker, Ashley Taylor Lowe, Chandler Brooks, Morgan Brooks; 9 great grandchildren; sisters, Evelyn Clem, Martha Slocumb (Don), Olivia Rouse (Leonard); brothers, Oliver Spence, Larry Spence (Marilyn); and a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. Spence is fondly remembered as Mr. Ed at Ed’s Texaco. A child never left his gas station without at least one piece of Super Bubble. In addition to his parents, Mr. Spence was preceded in death by two daughters, Betty Sue Spence and Kathy Ann Spence; siblings, Melton (Troy) Spence, John Spence and Ruth Youngblood. Please sign our online guest registry at www.banksfh.com. Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester is in charge of arrangements.