Ruel Alexander “Alex” Spivey
Funeral services for Mr. Ruel Alexander “Alex” Spivey will be held Tuesday, January 10th at 3 PM in the Chapel of Higgs Funeral Home in Soperton. Burial will be at the family farm. Reverend Gilbert Posey and Reverend Chad Cofield will officiate. Mr. Spivey died Sunday, January 8, 2023.
Mr. Spivey, 80, was the son of the late Ruel Spivey and Lawannah Rowland Spivey. He was born in Soperton GA on April 26, 1942 and was a 1962 graduate Treutlen High School. He retired as a lineman from Bell South in 2000 and went on to direct the Soperton Recreation Department for 17 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of FBC Soperton.
Alex, or “Poppy”, enjoyed being at one of two places: home or the ball field. Every day he woke up with a goal: to take care of the land that he and Sonja worked so hard for.
Having his babies, grandbabies and great grandbabies at home with him was one of his greatest joys. Alex was a family man with core values that never wavered. To know Alex was to know truth; “honesty was his policy”. When asked by his grandchildren to name something he always wants them to know; he answered: “work hard and be honest”. He measured hard work by how dirty and tired you were at the end of the day. There were no naps around Poppy unless it was a “cat nap” after lunch “to let your food settle” because sleeping longer than him made you lazy.
Throughout Alex’s many years of coaching, he impacted many lives. His “boys” thought the world of him and he loved each of them as his own. Some may think he had coached little league “since God was a child”.
Alex was preceded in death by two sisters, Doris Jordan and Totsy Campbell and two brothers, Herman Spivey and Hal Spivey.
Survivors include his wife and high school sweetheart and love of his life for nearly 59 years, Sonja Braddy Spivey of Soperton; one daughter, Medeana Hinson (Brooks Collins) of Soperton; one son, Stacy (Eva) Spivey of Soperton; six grandchildren, William (Shane) Hinson, Kaylyn Alexandra Hinson, Ansley Spivey, Jenna Hinson, Caden Alexander Spivey and Brinley Spivey; two great-grandchildren, Asher Alexander Wilson and Saige Alexandria Daniels; one brother, William Spivey of Florida; three sisters, Marie (Harold) Keeton of Louisiana and Montez (Johnny) Kitchings of Aiken, SC and Carol Rosenwald of LaGrange, GA.
Active pallbearers will be Will Hinson, Caden Spivey, Cameron Curry, Danny Clements, Timothy Blair and Quentez Jordan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Jones, Jack McMillan, Carl Johnson, Jason Baker, Steven Wells, Tyler Welch, Russell Hinson, Tyree Coney, Richard Snead, Jerod Little, Coy Heath, Jason McCoy, Robin Spivey, Jamar Jordan, Qamar Jordan, Billy Wade and Michael White.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Monday night at the funeral home.
Mr. Spivey, 80, was the son of the late Ruel Spivey and Lawannah Rowland Spivey. He was born in Soperton GA on April 26, 1942 and was a 1962 graduate Treutlen High School. He retired as a lineman from Bell South in 2000 and went on to direct the Soperton Recreation Department for 17 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of FBC Soperton.
Alex, or “Poppy”, enjoyed being at one of two places: home or the ball field. Every day he woke up with a goal: to take care of the land that he and Sonja worked so hard for.
Having his babies, grandbabies and great grandbabies at home with him was one of his greatest joys. Alex was a family man with core values that never wavered. To know Alex was to know truth; “honesty was his policy”. When asked by his grandchildren to name something he always wants them to know; he answered: “work hard and be honest”. He measured hard work by how dirty and tired you were at the end of the day. There were no naps around Poppy unless it was a “cat nap” after lunch “to let your food settle” because sleeping longer than him made you lazy.
Throughout Alex’s many years of coaching, he impacted many lives. His “boys” thought the world of him and he loved each of them as his own. Some may think he had coached little league “since God was a child”.
Alex was preceded in death by two sisters, Doris Jordan and Totsy Campbell and two brothers, Herman Spivey and Hal Spivey.
Survivors include his wife and high school sweetheart and love of his life for nearly 59 years, Sonja Braddy Spivey of Soperton; one daughter, Medeana Hinson (Brooks Collins) of Soperton; one son, Stacy (Eva) Spivey of Soperton; six grandchildren, William (Shane) Hinson, Kaylyn Alexandra Hinson, Ansley Spivey, Jenna Hinson, Caden Alexander Spivey and Brinley Spivey; two great-grandchildren, Asher Alexander Wilson and Saige Alexandria Daniels; one brother, William Spivey of Florida; three sisters, Marie (Harold) Keeton of Louisiana and Montez (Johnny) Kitchings of Aiken, SC and Carol Rosenwald of LaGrange, GA.
Active pallbearers will be Will Hinson, Caden Spivey, Cameron Curry, Danny Clements, Timothy Blair and Quentez Jordan.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Jones, Jack McMillan, Carl Johnson, Jason Baker, Steven Wells, Tyler Welch, Russell Hinson, Tyree Coney, Richard Snead, Jerod Little, Coy Heath, Jason McCoy, Robin Spivey, Jamar Jordan, Qamar Jordan, Billy Wade and Michael White.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Monday night at the funeral home.