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Thomas Rhett "Tommy" Spencer
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Surviving are his wife of 52 years of Sumter; two sons, Dr. Thomas Rhett Spencer Jr. and his wife Virginia of Florence and Curtis Melvin Spencer and his wife Adelaide of Sumter; a daughter, Susan Martha Spencer Brabham and her husband John M. Jr. of Sumter; three sisters, Billie Lively of Bradenton, Fla., Sara Ham of Macon, Ga., and Serena Peterson of Conyers, Ga.; five grandchildren, Mary "Meg" Felicia Spencer, Thomas Rhett Spencer III, John Malcolm Brabham III, Spencer Thomas Brabham and Serena "Sallie" Adelaide Spencer.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Edward McLeod and the Rev. Nick Yoda officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the McLeod Foundation, P.O. Box 100551, Florence, SC 29501; Clemson University Foundation, Clemson University, 110 Daniel Drive, Box 345601, Clemson, SC 29634-5601; or to First Presbyterian Church, 700 Park Ave., Florence, SC 29501-5149.
Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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