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'''Guy M. Spearman, Sr.''' ([[18961/7/1894]]-?) was a businessman who operated the [[Crystal Ice Company]] and the [[Spearman Brewing Company]].
Born in Tallapoosa, Georgia in [[1896]], Spearman attended high school in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn. He began his career in drafting and selling perfume before operating an ice and cold storage plant in Opp, Alabama in 1927. In [[1929]] he moved to Pensacola and formed the [[Crystal Ice Company]].<ref>Note: some sources indicate he purchased the company.</ref>
The brewery experienced tremendous growth in the 1940s, as it became a major supplier to regional military installations during [[World War II]]. Sales began to lag in the 1950s, despite a heavy investment in advertising, and a [[1951]] ouster replaced Spearman with [[B. F. Jenkins]] as president and manager of the company. He was reinstated a year later and continued to operate the plant until around [[1960]], when national competition, increasing debt and pressure from Zilker's widow convinced Spearman to sell to the Hertzberg Foundation. He continued to operate the Crystal Ice Company.
Spearman died in {{[[5/1966}}]].
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