Former Spring Hill football coach Spickard dies at 88

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A graveside service is scheduled for Monday in Gladeville, Tenn., for former Spring Hill football coach Brud Spickard, who died Wednesday at the age of 88.

A native of Gladeville, Spickard graduated from Columbia Central and served in the U.S. Navy. He graduated in 1959 from Middle Tennessee State University, where he was a member of the football and baseball teams.

He coached both sports at Columbia Military Academy before taking over the Spring Hill program in 1974 and compiling a 28-15 record over four seasons. He served as football coach at Franklin in 1978 before transitioning to the business sector.

**Brud Spickard (third from left), pictured with the 1966 Columbia Military Academy football coaching staff, died Wednesday in Gladeville, Tenn. He was 88 years old. (Courtesy photo)**

Spickard is survived by children Spook (Cindy) Spickard and Polly Ann (Benji) Cook; grandchildren Rob Spickard, Eli (Cindy) Spickard, Stroud Cook, and John Sullivan Cook; brother John “Bev” (Vanessa) Spickard and their daughter Britney; mother of his children Anna Griffin Spickard; and great-grandchildren Brud, Tara Jo, and Jessie Jane.

Visitation is scheduled for 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon, with the graveside service set for 11 a.m. Monday at Spickard-Sullivan Cemetery (10941 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Gladeville).

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