Pace was born near Dawson, Georgia. He attended the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta, and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1914 with a Bachelor of Laws (B.L.)
Pace was born close to Dawson, Georgia. As part of his education, he studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and later received his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens in 1914.