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'''Hubert Tamblyn "Tam" Spiva, Jr.''' (June 18, 1932 – April 30, 2017),<ref>birth ref check per intelius.com</ref> was an American television [[screenwriter]] best known for his work on ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' (ABC, 1969–74) <ref>{{cite web |title=The Canonical ''Brady Bunch'' Episode Guide |url=http://www.nyx.net/~thill/bbeg.html |accessdate=2008-10-05 |last=Hill |first=Tony L. |website=nyx.net}}</ref> and ''[[Gentle Ben#1960s television series Gentle Ben|Gentle Ben]]'' (CBS, 1967–69).<ref>TV.com, Tam Spiva:http://www.tv.com/tam-spiva/person/4964/appearances.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-spiva-appreciation-20170505-story.html|title=Tam Spiva was a TV writer from the last golden age|date=9 May 2017|publisher=|accessdate=2 June 2017|vianewspaper=LALos Angeles Times}}</ref>

Spiva was born in [[Minden, Louisiana]] to Hubert Spiva, Sr. and Lilla Ellenor Stewart. His parents operated the ''Webster Printing Company'', publishing ''The Minden Herald'' and ''The Webster Review'' newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125175315news|title=Services for D. W. Stewart Held April 26: Oldest Member of Webster Parish Bar Succumbs to Pneumonia|publishernewspaper=The Signal-Tribune & The Springhill Journal|location=Minden, Louisiana|date=April 30, 1935|accessdate=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name=lstewart>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Spiva&GSfn=Lilla&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=81827254&df=all&|title=Lilla Ellenor Stewart Spiva|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>"Last rites held today for Mrs. Lilla Spiva", ''Minden Press'', March 23, 1959, p. 1</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Agan |title=MPH story goes back more than 150 years |work=[[Minden Press-Herald]] |year=2007 |url=http://www.nwlanews.com/profile07/H%20MPH/H_MPH_6.html |accessdate=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511232810/http://www.nwlanews.com/profile07/H%20MPH/H_MPH_6.html |archivedate=2008-05-11 }}</ref><ref>''Minden Press'', February 1, 1960, p. 1</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54774157|title=Hubert Tamblyn Spiva|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 15, 2015}}</ref> Lilla is interred with other Stewart relatives at the historic [[Minden Cemetery]].<ref name=lstewart/><ref>{{cite web |work=Memories of Minden |title=Residential/Homes (A-L) |url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20Homes%20A-F.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220032009/http://www.mindenmemories.org/Residential%20Homes%20A-F.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 5, 2008 |last=Gritzbaugh |first=Sherry}}</ref>

[[Image:Tam Spiva House in Minden, LA IMG 0562.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Family home where Spiva grew up in [[Minden, Louisiana]]]]