Yancy Bailey Spencer III

Dear Lydia & Family,
What a blessing it was to enjoy Christian fellowship with Yancy and the Spencer family during the late 1980s. I was saddened to hear the news, but thankful to have crossed paths with such quality person of influence for good. May God hold all of you in the palm of His hand, and give you peace.
Your brother in Christ,
Mark Stuckey, Tallahassee

I met Yancy in the early seventies when I started attending Brownsville Assembly. I started playing drums for the Brownsville Choir under the direction of Myric McNabb. Don Cox was the pastor. Yancy was very encouraging and always committed of how he enjoyed the music. He was an inspiration to me. I later played with Dove Award winners, The Galileans, of Dallas. He impacted my life. He will be missed.

Mary, I do remember the name. Yancy and Debra lived in EPH the same time my family did. I was in the second and third grade. We use to play like we had a fort in the words near our houses. I am on Facebook, look me up...

News travels slow to Ohio but when I learned of his passing I was, of course, very saddened. But I'm so happy that I was able to have met him and to have some understaning of what a man he was. I was introduced to him by my friend Teddy who always said Yancy was his hero. Perhaps Teddy, who tought me how to surf and whom I was able to meet Yancy thru on the weird chance that Yancy was in San Diego when I was visiting Teddy, Yancy and I will be able to surf together.The last time I talked to...

Yancy was on our surf team in juno beach, florida. that was in 1969 I believe. we were shocked at his natural talent for surfing. I have been in pensacola a dozen times working in the last two years & wanted to look him up after all these years but didn't. I will always regret that. God has himself another winner now, at all of our expense. God Speed to you old friend.

Yancy was an amazing man and I'm to say I knew him.He was there for my family and I when we went through my father's death.He was such a kind man.The Spencer Family will be in my thoughts and prayers.The world has lost a great man but heaven was ready to give out another pair of angel wings.Rest in peace,I know you are up there surfing it up already in the clouds!

It's a great loss to the surfing community and we are saddened to hear the news. Yancy's spirit will live on as will his legacy.

Those of us who worked with JB at Gayfer's were so sorry to hear about Yancy's passing. We send our thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Yancy. Gayfer's Retirees/Alumni Luncheon Group