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Cecil Thomas Spray

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Cecil Thomas Spray

Birth
Ochelata, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
29 Nov 2002 (aged 81)
Alpine, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4415085, Longitude: -111.9313021
Plot
Section A Site 609
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Our Loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Cecil Thomas Spray, 81, died peacefully at his home, November 29, 2002, with his wife and family near him.

Born Jan 5, 1921 in Ocheleta, OK to Andrew Jackson and Verni Mae Thomas Spray. He was raised in Oxford, KS was a member of the LDS Church. Served in the Army during World War II, South Pacific. Married LaPreal Covington Oct 1, 1941 in Pleasant Grove, UT. Cecil raised part of his family in Kansas and Oaklahoma and the other part in Pleasant Grove, UT. Retired from Geneva Steel in 1984 and traveled the country with his dear wife for several years. A good part of their time was spent in the St. George area and lived the last five years in Alpine.

Survived by wife; four children, Jerry Spray, Alpine, Craig (Carol) Spray, Riverton, Stan (Peggy) Spray, Teresa (Terry) Brog, all of Alpine; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchil-dren; and one sister, Ruby Lorene (Harland) Smith, Counsil Grove, Kansas.

Services and interment will be Mon. 11 a.m. Utah Veterans Memorial Chapel and Park, 17111 S. Camp Williams Rd. Bluffdale, UT. Directors, Broomhead Funeral Home, Riverton, UT.

Deseret News (Utah)
1 Dec 2002
Our Loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Cecil Thomas Spray, 81, died peacefully at his home, November 29, 2002, with his wife and family near him.

Born Jan 5, 1921 in Ocheleta, OK to Andrew Jackson and Verni Mae Thomas Spray. He was raised in Oxford, KS was a member of the LDS Church. Served in the Army during World War II, South Pacific. Married LaPreal Covington Oct 1, 1941 in Pleasant Grove, UT. Cecil raised part of his family in Kansas and Oaklahoma and the other part in Pleasant Grove, UT. Retired from Geneva Steel in 1984 and traveled the country with his dear wife for several years. A good part of their time was spent in the St. George area and lived the last five years in Alpine.

Survived by wife; four children, Jerry Spray, Alpine, Craig (Carol) Spray, Riverton, Stan (Peggy) Spray, Teresa (Terry) Brog, all of Alpine; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchil-dren; and one sister, Ruby Lorene (Harland) Smith, Counsil Grove, Kansas.

Services and interment will be Mon. 11 a.m. Utah Veterans Memorial Chapel and Park, 17111 S. Camp Williams Rd. Bluffdale, UT. Directors, Broomhead Funeral Home, Riverton, UT.

Deseret News (Utah)
1 Dec 2002

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  • Added: Mar 2, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49030893/cecil_thomas-spray: accessed ), memorial page for Cecil Thomas Spray (5 Jan 1921–29 Nov 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49030893, citing Utah State Veterans Memorial Park, Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).