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Submitted: 11/21/21 • Approved: 11/22/21 • Last Updated: 11/25/21 • R1402224-G1402222-S3
*Mabern Ernest
Oct 21, 1923 - Nov 6, 2000
*Delma Laverne Jones
Apr 8, 1932 - Dec 25, 2011
When Delma Laverne Jones was born on April 8, 1932, in Searcy, Arkansas, her father, John, was 42, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 35. She married Mabern Ernest Spencer on January 8, 1955, in her hometown. They had three children during their marriage. She died on December 25, 2011, in Haysville, Kansas, at the age of 79, and was buried in Searcy, Arkansas.
When Mabern Ernest Spencer was born on October 21, 1923, in McRae, Arkansas, his father, Charles, was 34 and his mother, Mattie, was 27. He married Delma Laverne Jones on January 8, 1955, in Searcy, Arkansas. They had three children during their marriage. He died on November 6, 2000, in Searcy, Arkansas, at the age of 77, and was buried there.
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*Obituary
Delma Laverne Spencer, 79, of Wichita, Kansas died December 25, 2011 at Haysville Healthcare Center, in Haysville, Kansas. She was born April 8, 1932 in Searcy to the late John and Elizabeth Light Jones. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Mabern Spencer, one son, David Spencer; four brothers; Carl, Herman, Arlie, and Horace Jones, five sisters; Evelyn Gullion, Ida Mae Spencer, Geneva Clooten, Alice Wylie Smith, and Ellen Shorter. She is survived by two sons, Kevin Spencer of Wichita, Kansas and Michael Spencer of Lansing Kansas, one brother; Winfred "Pete" Jones of Benton, AR; two sisters, Jonnie Odell Harbison of Wayne, Michigan, and Betty Haley of Ceres, CA; four grandchildren, Jason, and Matthew Spencer, both of Wichita, Shelly Miller of Carlisle Pennsylvania, and Kristen Spencer of Haysville, Kansas, and eight great-grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held Thursday December 29 from 1-2 p.m. with the funeral service starting at 2 pm at the Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Gum Springs Cemetery under the direction of Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home.
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