ELBY - William Lee "Wit" Spikes departed this life Dec. 9, 2013, at White Oak Manor of Shelby.
He was born in Rutherford County to Miller and Oma Gidney Spikes.
He served three and a half years in the US Army.
He married Vertie Moriah Mason Spikes, and from this union five children were born.
William worked many years at Kerr McGee Oil Mill, then retired from PPG Industries after many years of service and never missed a day of work.
He had an incredible sense of humor and always managed to leave you with words of wisdom.
He loved gardening and was fondly known as "The Collard Man." He kept his garden and yard in pristine shape and would chase leaves as long as they fell.
William was a faithful member of Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church and attended until his health declined.
In addition to his parents, William is preceded in death by his stepmother, Emma Spikes; sisters Ruth, Madge, Marylean, and Lucy Mason; brother, H.P. Spikes; three daughters, Tisha and LIsha Spikes and Johnnie Mae Spikes Poston; one son, Bobby Ray Spikes; and one granddaughter, Teresa Poston Thompson.
Funeral: Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church
Burial: Church cemetery
Funeral home: Dockerys Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Published in Shelby Star on Dec. 11, 2013
He was born in Rutherford County to Miller and Oma Gidney Spikes.
He served three and a half years in the US Army.
He married Vertie Moriah Mason Spikes, and from this union five children were born.
William worked many years at Kerr McGee Oil Mill, then retired from PPG Industries after many years of service and never missed a day of work.
He had an incredible sense of humor and always managed to leave you with words of wisdom.
He loved gardening and was fondly known as "The Collard Man." He kept his garden and yard in pristine shape and would chase leaves as long as they fell.
William was a faithful member of Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church and attended until his health declined.
In addition to his parents, William is preceded in death by his stepmother, Emma Spikes; sisters Ruth, Madge, Marylean, and Lucy Mason; brother, H.P. Spikes; three daughters, Tisha and LIsha Spikes and Johnnie Mae Spikes Poston; one son, Bobby Ray Spikes; and one granddaughter, Teresa Poston Thompson.
Funeral: Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church
Burial: Church cemetery
Funeral home: Dockerys Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Published in Shelby Star on Dec. 11, 2013
ELBY - William Lee "Wit" Spikes departed this life Dec. 9, 2013, at White Oak Manor of Shelby.
He was born in Rutherford County to Miller and Oma Gidney Spikes.
He served three and a half years in the US Army.
He married Vertie Moriah Mason Spikes, and from this union five children were born.
William worked many years at Kerr McGee Oil Mill, then retired from PPG Industries after many years of service and never missed a day of work.
He had an incredible sense of humor and always managed to leave you with words of wisdom.
He loved gardening and was fondly known as "The Collard Man." He kept his garden and yard in pristine shape and would chase leaves as long as they fell.
William was a faithful member of Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church and attended until his health declined.
In addition to his parents, William is preceded in death by his stepmother, Emma Spikes; sisters Ruth, Madge, Marylean, and Lucy Mason; brother, H.P. Spikes; three daughters, Tisha and LIsha Spikes and Johnnie Mae Spikes Poston; one son, Bobby Ray Spikes; and one granddaughter, Teresa Poston Thompson.
Funeral: Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church
Burial: Church cemetery
Funeral home: Dockerys Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Published in Shelby Star on Dec. 11, 2013
He was born in Rutherford County to Miller and Oma Gidney Spikes.
He served three and a half years in the US Army.
He married Vertie Moriah Mason Spikes, and from this union five children were born.
William worked many years at Kerr McGee Oil Mill, then retired from PPG Industries after many years of service and never missed a day of work.
He had an incredible sense of humor and always managed to leave you with words of wisdom.
He loved gardening and was fondly known as "The Collard Man." He kept his garden and yard in pristine shape and would chase leaves as long as they fell.
William was a faithful member of Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church and attended until his health declined.
In addition to his parents, William is preceded in death by his stepmother, Emma Spikes; sisters Ruth, Madge, Marylean, and Lucy Mason; brother, H.P. Spikes; three daughters, Tisha and LIsha Spikes and Johnnie Mae Spikes Poston; one son, Bobby Ray Spikes; and one granddaughter, Teresa Poston Thompson.
Funeral: Brooks Chapel United Methodist Church
Burial: Church cemetery
Funeral home: Dockerys Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Published in Shelby Star on Dec. 11, 2013
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