Deloris Spencer

Esther “Deloris” Spencer, daughter of the late Lester and Clyda (Harlamert) Lawler, was born February 4, 1940, in Wright County, Missouri, and passed away at her home in Grovespring, Missouri, May 6, 2020. She was 80 years, 3 months, and 2 days of age.

Deloris spent most of her life in the St. George community in Wright County, Missouri. Deloris became a Christian at the age of 12. She graduated from Hartville High School with the class of 1957.

Deloris married Leroy Spencer on April 18, 1958, in Hernando, Mississippi. Four children were born to this union. Leroy passed away on July 13, 2008.

Deloris was a homemaker and loved working in her flower and vegetable gardens. She enjoyed raising bottle calves, crocheting, and fishing. She also loved getting to eat a plate of fish.

Besides her parents and her husband, Deloris was preceded in death by one son, Wade Spencer, and by three brothers.

She is survived by three daughters, Tammy Humphrey and her husband, Joe, of Nixa, Missouri, Sheila Hughes and her husband, Charley, of Pensacola, Florida, and Kristie Mize and her husband, Timothy, of Grovespring, Missouri, one brother, Kenneth Lawler of Mountain Grove, Missouri, two sisters, Yvonne Wiggins of Dillon, Montana, and Sandra Mack of the state of South Carolina, eleven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends who will miss her.