Howard was born after 1920. He passed away in 2011. Howard was a fourth cousin of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle.
"Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHN-P9YG : 1 July 2015), Howard Spence, 1932; citing Birth, Martin, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YH-5QK : accessed 1 January 2018), Howard Spence in household of Willie Spence, Magisterial District 5, Martin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-7, sheet 11A, line 28, family 159, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1339.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQNL-N65 : 20 May 2014), Howard Spence, 19 Aug 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2G-4ZFV : 13 December 2015), Howard Spence, 2011; Burial, Tomahawk, Martin, Kentucky, United States of America, Sites Cemetery; citing record ID 75363462, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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