MRS. SPENCER'S RITES MONDAY AT SWEETWATER
Sweetwater, Dec. 5 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Spencer, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church here. The Rev. L. D. Ball of Lamesa, a former pastor, is to officiate. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery under direction of the Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Spencer was the mother of Rile Spencer, a partner in the funeral home firm. She died Friday afternoon in San Angelo at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Collins.
Born in Jack County, Mrs. Spencer moved to Decatur with her parents when she was a small girl. She was married in Decatur to Albert Spencer on Dec. 26, 1901, and the couple moved to Sweetwater in 1924. Mr. Spencer died Dec. 7, 1936.
For the last ten years, Mrs. Spencer had lived in Sweetwater, San Angelo and Abilene.
Pallbearers will be D. D. Dixon, W. H. Bennett, Jack Geer, Blanton McCord, F. L. Shaw, C. H. Cartright, Raymond Armstrong, all of Sweetwater.
Survivors are three sons, Rile Spencer of Sweetwater, J. L. Spencer of San Angelo and Albert Spencer of Abilene; four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Etheredge of Sweetwater, Mrs. Vernon Wright of Baytown, Mrs. Fred Toler of Harlingen and Mrs. Collins of San Angelo; 14 grandchildren; four brothers, Walter McCright, Newt and Will, all of Rotan, and J. H. of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McCall of Dallas and Mrs. C. A. Webb of Ackerly.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 6, 1953
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TOM GREEN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lenah J Spencer
Death Date: 04 Dec 1953
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cause of death: Carcinoma of rectum
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years 11 months
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1887
Birthplace: Jack County Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: [William Jasper] Billy [Billie] McCright
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi [Wood County, TX]
Mother's Name: Eliza Ecsridge [Eskridge]
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi [North Carolina]
Occupation: Housewife(Retired)
Place of Residence: 416 Monticeto, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cemetery: Sweetwater
Burial Place: Sweetwater Texas
Burial Date: 04 Dec 1953
Informant: S. Rile Spencer
Film Number: 2114065
Digital Film Number: 4165537
Image Number: 2015
Reference Number: 64601
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Per the Sweetwater Cemetery sexton:
Lena is the only one listed in the book on that lot that I can find. Lot 71, Block 110.
November, 2010
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Spouse: Albert Spencer
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Sweetwater, Dec. 5 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Spencer, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church here. The Rev. L. D. Ball of Lamesa, a former pastor, is to officiate. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery under direction of the Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Spencer was the mother of Rile Spencer, a partner in the funeral home firm. She died Friday afternoon in San Angelo at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Collins.
Born in Jack County, Mrs. Spencer moved to Decatur with her parents when she was a small girl. She was married in Decatur to Albert Spencer on Dec. 26, 1901, and the couple moved to Sweetwater in 1924. Mr. Spencer died Dec. 7, 1936.
For the last ten years, Mrs. Spencer had lived in Sweetwater, San Angelo and Abilene.
Pallbearers will be D. D. Dixon, W. H. Bennett, Jack Geer, Blanton McCord, F. L. Shaw, C. H. Cartright, Raymond Armstrong, all of Sweetwater.
Survivors are three sons, Rile Spencer of Sweetwater, J. L. Spencer of San Angelo and Albert Spencer of Abilene; four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Etheredge of Sweetwater, Mrs. Vernon Wright of Baytown, Mrs. Fred Toler of Harlingen and Mrs. Collins of San Angelo; 14 grandchildren; four brothers, Walter McCright, Newt and Will, all of Rotan, and J. H. of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McCall of Dallas and Mrs. C. A. Webb of Ackerly.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 6, 1953
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TOM GREEN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lenah J Spencer
Death Date: 04 Dec 1953
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cause of death: Carcinoma of rectum
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years 11 months
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1887
Birthplace: Jack County Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: [William Jasper] Billy [Billie] McCright
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi [Wood County, TX]
Mother's Name: Eliza Ecsridge [Eskridge]
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi [North Carolina]
Occupation: Housewife(Retired)
Place of Residence: 416 Monticeto, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cemetery: Sweetwater
Burial Place: Sweetwater Texas
Burial Date: 04 Dec 1953
Informant: S. Rile Spencer
Film Number: 2114065
Digital Film Number: 4165537
Image Number: 2015
Reference Number: 64601
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Per the Sweetwater Cemetery sexton:
Lena is the only one listed in the book on that lot that I can find. Lot 71, Block 110.
November, 2010
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Spouse: Albert Spencer
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MRS. SPENCER'S RITES MONDAY AT SWEETWATER
Sweetwater, Dec. 5 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Spencer, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church here. The Rev. L. D. Ball of Lamesa, a former pastor, is to officiate. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery under direction of the Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Spencer was the mother of Rile Spencer, a partner in the funeral home firm. She died Friday afternoon in San Angelo at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Collins.
Born in Jack County, Mrs. Spencer moved to Decatur with her parents when she was a small girl. She was married in Decatur to Albert Spencer on Dec. 26, 1901, and the couple moved to Sweetwater in 1924. Mr. Spencer died Dec. 7, 1936.
For the last ten years, Mrs. Spencer had lived in Sweetwater, San Angelo and Abilene.
Pallbearers will be D. D. Dixon, W. H. Bennett, Jack Geer, Blanton McCord, F. L. Shaw, C. H. Cartright, Raymond Armstrong, all of Sweetwater.
Survivors are three sons, Rile Spencer of Sweetwater, J. L. Spencer of San Angelo and Albert Spencer of Abilene; four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Etheredge of Sweetwater, Mrs. Vernon Wright of Baytown, Mrs. Fred Toler of Harlingen and Mrs. Collins of San Angelo; 14 grandchildren; four brothers, Walter McCright, Newt and Will, all of Rotan, and J. H. of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McCall of Dallas and Mrs. C. A. Webb of Ackerly.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 6, 1953
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TOM GREEN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lenah J Spencer
Death Date: 04 Dec 1953
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cause of death: Carcinoma of rectum
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years 11 months
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1887
Birthplace: Jack County Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: [William Jasper] Billy [Billie] McCright
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi [Wood County, TX]
Mother's Name: Eliza Ecsridge [Eskridge]
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi [North Carolina]
Occupation: Housewife(Retired)
Place of Residence: 416 Monticeto, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cemetery: Sweetwater
Burial Place: Sweetwater Texas
Burial Date: 04 Dec 1953
Informant: S. Rile Spencer
Film Number: 2114065
Digital Film Number: 4165537
Image Number: 2015
Reference Number: 64601
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Per the Sweetwater Cemetery sexton:
Lena is the only one listed in the book on that lot that I can find. Lot 71, Block 110.
November, 2010
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Spouse: Albert Spencer
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Sweetwater, Dec. 5 - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Spencer, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church here. The Rev. L. D. Ball of Lamesa, a former pastor, is to officiate. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery under direction of the Cate-Spencer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Spencer was the mother of Rile Spencer, a partner in the funeral home firm. She died Friday afternoon in San Angelo at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Collins.
Born in Jack County, Mrs. Spencer moved to Decatur with her parents when she was a small girl. She was married in Decatur to Albert Spencer on Dec. 26, 1901, and the couple moved to Sweetwater in 1924. Mr. Spencer died Dec. 7, 1936.
For the last ten years, Mrs. Spencer had lived in Sweetwater, San Angelo and Abilene.
Pallbearers will be D. D. Dixon, W. H. Bennett, Jack Geer, Blanton McCord, F. L. Shaw, C. H. Cartright, Raymond Armstrong, all of Sweetwater.
Survivors are three sons, Rile Spencer of Sweetwater, J. L. Spencer of San Angelo and Albert Spencer of Abilene; four daughters, Mrs. T. E. Etheredge of Sweetwater, Mrs. Vernon Wright of Baytown, Mrs. Fred Toler of Harlingen and Mrs. Collins of San Angelo; 14 grandchildren; four brothers, Walter McCright, Newt and Will, all of Rotan, and J. H. of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Anna McCall of Dallas and Mrs. C. A. Webb of Ackerly.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Sunday, Dec. 6, 1953
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TOM GREEN COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE
Name: Lenah J Spencer
Death Date: 04 Dec 1953
Death Place: Residence, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cause of death: Carcinoma of rectum
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 66 years 11 months
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1887
Birthplace: Jack County Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: [William Jasper] Billy [Billie] McCright
Father's Birthplace: Mississippi [Wood County, TX]
Mother's Name: Eliza Ecsridge [Eskridge]
Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi [North Carolina]
Occupation: Housewife(Retired)
Place of Residence: 416 Monticeto, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas
Cemetery: Sweetwater
Burial Place: Sweetwater Texas
Burial Date: 04 Dec 1953
Informant: S. Rile Spencer
Film Number: 2114065
Digital Film Number: 4165537
Image Number: 2015
Reference Number: 64601
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Per the Sweetwater Cemetery sexton:
Lena is the only one listed in the book on that lot that I can find. Lot 71, Block 110.
November, 2010
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Spouse: Albert Spencer
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Gravesite Details
Lena Spencer is buried on a 4-grave plot; however, hers is the only marker on the plot.
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