The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, October 4, 1995             TAG: 9510040443
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: JASPER, TEXAS                      LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

JOYCE H. SPRAGUE

Joyce Hayes Sprague, 69, died Sunday, Oct. 1, 1995.

Mrs. Sprague was the daughter of the late Stanley J. and Florence Griswold Hayes. She is predeceased by a sister, Leotta Hayes Archer.

Mrs. Sprague was a native of Portsmouth, Va., and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School.

She is survived by her husband, Bruce Sprague; two sons, Gary and Mark Sprague; a sister, Carol Wright Stropshire; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Stringer-Griffin Funeral Home, Jasper, Texas.

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