26 February 1942
Dallas Morning News, Texas
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George T. Spears, Mine Executive, Dies
GRAND SALINE, Texas, Feb. 25 -- George T. Spears, 74, superintendent of Morton Salt Company's lignite mines at Alba, died Wednesday following an illness of six months. Funeral will be held Friday morning at the family residence in Alba.
He was a native of Georgia, moved here in 1916. He was well known over East Texas. He is survived by his wife, two sons, Sim L. Spears, Houston; John Michael Spears, Alba; a daughter, Mrs. Charles Pascoe, Houston; a sister, Mrs. Howard Chammack, Little Rock, Ark.; one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
