Mr. James Robertson Spence

March 7, 1939 - February 8, 2022

Mr. James Robertson Spence, age 82, of Shelbyville, passed away February 8, 2022. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, February 11, 2022, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Pressgrove Cemetery. The family will receive visitors two hours prior to the service. He was born March 7, 1939, in Shelbyville, to the late James Leon Spence and Lettie Prince Spence. He had a great passion for farming and he left a great impact on the lives of those he mentored through his years of coaching baseball. He is preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Spence, and brother, Bobby Jo Spence. He is survived by his three sons, John Spence, and his wife Joyce, of Moore County, Jim Spence, of Shelbyville, and Jeff Spence, and his wife Lisa, of Linden, Tennessee; sister, Jean Lloyd; grandchildren, Justin Spence, Jeremy Spence, and his wife Christina, Jonathan Spence, and his wife Erin, Joseph Spence, and his wife Sarah, Jacquelyn Yoes, and her husband Blake, and Jacob Spence; great grandchildren, Jaydin Spence, Jaylee Spence, Jaxtin Spence, Caleb Spence, June Spence, Jiuliana Yoes, Ramsey Spence, Corbin James Spence, and Jolee Ann Spence. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.