LUMBERTON â€" A Fairmont man accused in the death of his wife following a car accident two years ago now faces a charge of murder, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Terry Dean Spivey, 44, of 579 Bailey Road, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sue Ellen Westbrook Spivey, according to Erich Hackney, an investigator for the county District Attorney’s Office.
Hackney said Spivey was driving on East White Pond Road in Fairmont on Oct. 2, 2009, with his wife and their grand-daughter, Haley Nicole Spivey, when he entered a curve and then exited the left side of the road, striking a tree. Hackney said that Terry Spivey was intoxicated when the wreck happened.
Sue Ellen Spivey was airlifted to the hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill, where she died on Oct. 18, Hackney said.
Spivey was initially charged with felony death by vehicle, driving while intoxicated, driving while license revoked, reckless driving and misdemeanor child abuse, Hackney said. The abuse charge resulted from Spivey having his granddaughter in the vehicle with him at the time of the accident..
In addition to the murder charge, Spivey is also charged with aggravated felony death by vehicle, Hackney said. The upgrade in charges, he said, resulted from the fact that Spivey had four previous DWI convictions on his record.
Additionally, Spivey was on probation at the time of the wreck for a DWI conviction on Oct. 27, 2008, according to Hackney. For that offense, Spivey received a $400 fine, seven days in jail and 18 months probation.
Hackney said Spivey was placed in the Robeson County jail under a $100,000. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Allan Adams.
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