Obituary of Jean Spraggins

Services for Jean Spraggins, 80, Troup, are scheduled for 11:00 am, Saturday, July 3 at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in the Pinecrest Cemetery Troup. Mrs. Spraggins died Thursday, July 1, 2010 in a Tyler hospice. She was born December 18, 1929, in Troup, to the late Charley Edward and Ima Lee Gourley Hedgecough. She married W. C. Spraggins on December 4, 1946 in Troup. She was a lifetime resident of Troup and had served many years as a volunteer dispatcher for the Troup Volunteer Fire Department. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, W.C. Spraggins, Troup; a daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Jerry Dudley, Tyler; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Mary Alice Hedgecough, Tyler; two sisters, Nettie Epperson and Jessie Smith both of Tyler; a brother-in-law, Billy Spraggins, North Carolina; a sister-in-law, Bobbie Hagle, Florida; two granddaughters, Daphne Foster and Misty Swinney; three great-grandchildren, Justin Pratt, Victoria Swinney and Jacob Baker; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Friday. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, Texas 75701.