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Carlton Edmund (Ed) Spear

Posted 2021-01-16 by mhenderson
Published in The Miner on Jan. 12, 2021 -
Kingman, Arizona -

Former Kingman resident Ed Spear, 82, passed away peacefully in
Albuquerque, New Mexico on Dec. 24, 2020. Carlton Edmund Spear was
born on May 24, 1938 in Altadena California.

Ed served in the United States Navy as a radioman. In 1966 Ed and
family moved to Kingman, Arizona where he began a career in law
enforcement, eventually becoming a well-respected narcotics officer
and detective for the community and the state.

Ed eventually moved on to the Duval mining operations, took ownership
of the downtown Texaco, and worked at Dykman’s Chevron before joining
the Harrah’s Hotel and Casino corporation as an investigator, and
training manager of security and surveillance, at properties in
Nevada, Mississippi and North Carolina before retiring in 2000.

Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Gertrude;
brother, Bob, and two grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carol; brother Paul, and sons
Pete, Raymond Karr, Arthur Karr and Phillip Karr; and leaves behind
many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, in-laws and
friends who loved him dearly and will miss his zany antics and calming
presence.





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