Spence and Hite Marriage Certificate
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Title
Spence and Hite Marriage Certificate
Subject
Spence, Samuel Ray (1921-1945)
Spence, Peggy Jo Hite
Recording & registration - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of a marriage certificate attesting that Samuel Ray Spence and Peggy Jo Hite were married in New Market, Virginia, on December 30, 1940.
The clergyman was Rev. Roy D. Coulter, Minister of the Congregational-Christian Church.
Less than five years later, U.S. Army Pfc Spence was killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Liege, Belgium.
He received a Purple Heart.
The clergyman was Rev. Roy D. Coulter, Minister of the Congregational-Christian Church.
Less than five years later, U.S. Army Pfc Spence was killed in action at the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. He is buried in the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Liege, Belgium.
He received a Purple Heart.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Samuel Ray Spence appears in Morrison Studio Collection number 011748.
This marriage certificate appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 026953 and 027117.
Identifier
026953
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Spence and Hite Marriage Certificate,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/56630.
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