His father Robert E. Spragins was a bank president who served in the Alabama State Senate and as chairman of the state Highway Commission .
Spragins was born in Huntsville , Alabama on November 12 , 1890 .
Spragins ' father Robert E. Spragins was a bank president who served in the Alabama State Senate and as chairman of the state Highway Commission .
Spragins was born in Huntsville , Alabama on November 12 , 1890 .