Jessie Spann
Posted: February 18, 2009
Jessie Will Spann, 75, died Feb. 15, 2009, at Noxubee General Hospital. Services are Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Woodlawn CME Church in Prairie Point with the Rev. Joseph Grantham officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation is Friday from 1-5 p.m. at Jones Memorial Funeral Home in Macon, and the body will be at the church one hour prior to services on Saturday. Mr. Spann was a member of Woodlawn CME Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie Spann; parents, George Spann and Juanita Spann Goodwin; and brother, Edward Spann. He is survived by his sons, George Spann of Jackson, Tommie Lee Spann of Rockford, Ill., and Calvin Spann of North Carolina; daughters, Leola Gibson Brandon, Rosie Williams and Betty Spann, all of Jackson; brother, Willie Spann of Macon; sister, Bettye Tippett of Macon; 19 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.