Speck was married to the former Kilene Davies (February 23, 1921 – February 27, 1988),[1] daughter of the former Aline Lower and Fulham Fairchild Davies (February 22, 1890 – February 18, 1973),[1] a prominent stockbroker who in 1923 opened the original Merrill Lynch office in Little Rock and subsequently retired to Plant City, Florida.
Fulham Davies, Speck's father-in-law, was born in [[Helena]], [[Montana]], to Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His paternal grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a plantation owner in Lake Village in Chicot County in the southeastern corner of Arkansas. Anthony Davies was also the president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of both the Arkansas Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly, a reference to the combined state House and Senate membership. The General Assembly has convened since statehood in 1836. Robert Davies worked for the incorporation of [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]], the resort city and county seat of Garland County, and served as the first city attorney there.[14]
Davies launched his career in [[Oklahoma]] as a telegraph operator in the stock brokerage business. Before he opened the Little Rock Merrill Lynch office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch in Hot Springs and earlier he had been a telegraph operator at [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], during two sessions of the Canadian Parliament. Davies was involved in community theater, his original interest sparked by an Elks Club production. In the early 1950s, Davies made his last appearance on stage at a Kiwanis International minstrel show. He was involved in a motion picture venture with a partner in Hot Springs; the pair produced a silent documentary entitled ''The Human Shield.'' Davies directed the film and played the lead role. During the production, he met Aline Lower, whom he married thereafter.[14]