Emilye Jo Spries

Emilye Jo Spires Macon . . . Emilye Jo Spires died Friday, March 1, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 4, 2013, at Wheeler Heights Baptist Church with burial at 2:30 p.m., in DeBerry Baptist Church Cemetery, Fitzgerald Hwy., Ambrose, Georgia. Reverend Franklin Etheridge, Reverend Frankie Sorrow and Reverend Julian Strom will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of the funeral at 10:00 a.m., until the hour of the funeral at the church. Mrs. Spires, the daughter of the late Joseph Pugh Clements and Jettie Mae Connell Clements was born October 22, 1945, in Jacksonville, Georgia. Her sons, Joseph R. Spires and Andrew Scott (Andy) Spires and her grandchild, Amber Leigh Spires preceded her in death. She was retired from Macon Northside Hospital and was a member of Wheeler Heights Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Larry Spires, Sr., children, Larry (Brenda) Spires, Jr. and Randy (Christy) Spires, all of Macon, sisters, Vera Thomas of Macon and Carol Strom of McRae, ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Flowers will be accepted or donations be made to Wheeler Heights Baptist Church, 4318 Riggins Mill Road, Macon, GA 31217. Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of arrangements.