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Roscoe Spivey
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ROSCOE SPIVEY

Singing at a Benefit
Hayesville, NC 
Sept 7, 1996

Obituary

Rev. Roscoe Spivey

Birth: Jan. 20, 1911
Elf, Clay County
North Carolina, USA


Death: Feb. 9, 2009
Union County, Georgia, USA


Rev. Roscoe Spivey, 98, of Hayesville was a native of Clay County, where he had lived most of his life. He was the son of the late John and Jenny Kitchens Spivey and the husband of the late Lacy Burrell Spivey, who died Aug. 31, 1985 and the late Alice Silvers Goodwin Spivey, who died Feb. 11, 1999. Roscoe had driven a school bus, worked for the NC Department of Wildlife Transportation, but had been a preacher since 1952 and was presently pastoring Bell Creek House of Prayer Full Gospel Church of which he was a member. 

He was also preceded in death by a son, Tommy Spivey; two grandchildren, Keith Ramsey and Deanna Lynn Spivey Ledford; and one great great grandson, Gary Ryan Ledford.

Rev. Roscoe Spivey, 98, of Hayesville was a native of Clay County, where he had lived most of his life. He was the son of the late John and Jenny Kitchens Spivey and the husband of the late Lacy Burrell Spivey, who died Aug. 31, 1985 and the late Alice Silvers Goodwin Spivey, who died Feb. 11, 1999. ​Roscoe had driven a school bus, worked for the NC Department of Wildlife Transportation, but had been a preacher since 1952 and was presently pastoring Bell Creek House of Prayer Full Gospel Church of which he was a member. 

He was also preceded in death by a son, Tommy Spivey; two grandchildren, Keith Ramsey and Deanna Lynn Spivey Ledford; and one great great grandson, Gary Ryan Ledford. 

​​Surviving are three daughters, JoAnn Jennings and husband, Larry of Carrollton, GA, and Polly Spivey and Peggy Legg and husband, Evan all of Blairsville, GA; a son, David Spivey and wife, Lois of Edmond, OK; six step-sons, Jerry Goodwin and wife, B.J., James Goodwin, Gerald Goodwin and wife, Connie, Jimmy Goodwin and wife, Maudine, J.R. Goodwin, and Robert Goodwin all of Hiawassee, GA; a sister, Willa Mae Parker of Hiawassee; and 35 grandchildren, 46 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.

BROTHER ROSCOE SPIVEY
Benefit Singing
at the
Old School in Hayesville, NC
September 7, 1996

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(thanks to Lamar Eason for preserving and converting this tape)
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Audio files below:

Brother Roscoe doing a little bit of preaching to start off one of the annual "Singing in the Mountains" on August 23, 1997.
A Little Bit of Preachin' • ​Bro Roscoe Spivey
Brother Roscoe singing a favorite hymn "old timey" style.
Roscoe Singing • ​Brother Roscoe Spivey
Brother Roscoe Complete • ​Singing & Preaching combined
COMPLETE • ​Singing & Preaching •
 ​Bro Roscoe Spivey


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