J.D. Spencer Sr.

SPENCER J.D. Spencer, Sr. died at East Carroll Hospital, Lake Providence, LA, at the age of 79. He was the husband of the late Susie Bowser Spencer. He is the father of the late Ronnie Spencer, J.D. Spencer, Jr. and Linda Spencer. He will be sorely missed by his surviving eight children: Olantha Hall, Alice L. Spencer, Edna Spencer, Annette Spencer, Patty Morant, Grace Thomas, George and Anthony Spencer. He is brother of Mitchell Chase, Pheobe Bean and Matilda Moten. Survived by one aunt, 22 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, a host of other relatives and friends. He was a Deacon of the Gaza Missionary Baptist Church for thirty years under the leadership of the late Pastor Willie Bridges, Jr. until Hurricane Katrina, then he relocated to Lake Providence, LA where he joined the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Carl Payne and continued to serve as a Deacon with his illness. He was a well respected Deacon in the cities of New Orleans and Lake Providence spreading the Word of God. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the Lake Providence High School Auditorium, 700 Martin Luther King Blvd., Lake Providence, LA. Following a burial at Gaither Memorial Cemetery.