Obituary:
Death has claimed the life of Homer Speer, 76, 1619 "C" Street, father of Roy E. Speer, owner of Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr. Speer passed away at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold Jackman, Indianapolis.
Mr. Speer had been ill since the first day of May. He was born March 3, 1881, in Lawrence County to Andrew G and Nancy J. (Campbell) Speer, and married May Campbell in early life. He was a retired restaurant employee, having been employed by Ray Elliott on the west side of the square in Bedford for 27 years.
Survivors include two sons--Roy E. Speer of Bedford, and Duard Speer of Indianapolis; four daughters--Mrs. Emory Easton and Mrs. Harold Jackman, both of Indianapolis, Mrs. Millard Clephane of Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Dillard Little of Bedford; eight grandchildren; two brothers--Henry Speer of Bedford and Frank Speer of Pinhook; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Flinn of Bedford; and two half-sisters--Mrs. Curtis Gilstrap and Miss Ella Speer, both of Bedford.
He was a member of the Church of Christ in Bedford. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home, with Brother Loren N. Raines of Indianapolis and Brother William J. Whaley of Bedford officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at any time at the Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
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Obituary:
Death has claimed the life of Homer Speer, 76, 1619 "C" Street, father of Roy E. Speer, owner of Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr. Speer passed away at 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harold Jackman, Indianapolis.
Mr. Speer had been ill since the first day of May. He was born March 3, 1881, in Lawrence County to Andrew G and Nancy J. (Campbell) Speer, and married May Campbell in early life. He was a retired restaurant employee, having been employed by Ray Elliott on the west side of the square in Bedford for 27 years.
Survivors include two sons--Roy E. Speer of Bedford, and Duard Speer of Indianapolis; four daughters--Mrs. Emory Easton and Mrs. Harold Jackman, both of Indianapolis, Mrs. Millard Clephane of Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Dillard Little of Bedford; eight grandchildren; two brothers--Henry Speer of Bedford and Frank Speer of Pinhook; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Flinn of Bedford; and two half-sisters--Mrs. Curtis Gilstrap and Miss Ella Speer, both of Bedford.
He was a member of the Church of Christ in Bedford. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home, with Brother Loren N. Raines of Indianapolis and Brother William J. Whaley of Bedford officiating. Burial will follow in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at any time at the Ferguson & Speer Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements.
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Family Members
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Nancy Jane Speer Butler
1852–1930
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Jincy Adeline Speer Shirley
1854–1923
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Mary L. Speer Root
1857–1949
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Joseph Aaron Speer
1860–1943
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Canzada Emaline "Tan" Speer Pruden
1862–1935
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Lemuel Smith Speer
1864–1931
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Ulysses Shuler Speer
1866–1946
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Sarah Emily Speer Gilstrap
1868–1959
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Priscilla Ella Speer
1871–1961
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Nellie B. Speer Flinn
1877–1958
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Frank Speer
1877–1965
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Kate Frances Speer
1879–1902
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Henry Clyde Speer
1885–1965
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