Surry-Isle of Wight County-Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Spencer, Rev. John W. Jr., 2001 

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REV. JOHN WILLIAM SPENCER 

  The Rev. John William Spencer, 77, of Elberon, Va., died Monday, Sept. 24, 
2001.  He was born in Hampton, Va., on Jan. 16, 1924, to the late John W. 
Spencer Sr. and Minnie B. Hogge Spencer.

  Rev. Spencer was a 1963 graduate of the Southeastern Baptist Theological 
Seminary, had served on the Board of Ministers at Campbell University, and 
had served as pastor of the Community Center in Halifax, N.C., Atlantic 
Baptist in Atlantic, N.C., Moore's Swamp Baptist Church In Elberon, Va., 
Staunton River Baptist Church in Brookneal, Va., Forest Hill Baptist Church 
in Skippers, Va., Seaboard Baptist Church in Seaboard, N.C., South Rosemary 
Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids, N.C, and was currently the pastor of 
Maranatha Baptist Church in Windsor, Va.

  Rev. Spencer is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Grubbs Spencer; two 
sons, J. David Spencer and his wife, Caroline, and James W. Spencer, all of 
Hampton, Va.; two daughters, Dorothy Spencer Murray and her husband, Daniel, 
and Linda Spencer Tuck and her husband, Michael, all of Windsor, Va.; two 
stepsons, B.A. Seward III of Culpeper, Va., and Anthony Seward and his wife, 
Lisa, of Surry, Va.; stepdaughters, Suzanne S. Rogers and husband, Kenny, 
Robin S. Gynn and husband, Harold, all of Surry, Martha S. Newsome and 
husband, Clarence, and Elizabeth S. Leonard of Windsor; brother, James M. 
Spencer and his wife, Christine, of Hampton; mother-in- law, Dorothy White 
Grubbs of Elberon, Va.; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Maranatha 
Baptist Church on Deer Path Trail, Windsor, with the Rev. Jarvis Hearn 
officiating.  Burial will be in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery.  The 
family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, and at other times at the home of Linda and Michael Tuck, 6 
Roberts Ave., Windsor, Va.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Maranatha Baptist Church Building 
Fund, 23350 Deer Path Trail, Windsor, VA 23487, or to the Heartland Home 
Health Care and Hospice, 98 Kilby Shores Drive, #100, Suffolk, VA 23434.


Rev. John William SPENCER, Jr., of Elberon, Baptist pastor, 
b. 16 Jan 1924, Hampton, d. 24 Sep 2001, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 27 Sep 2001, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Sep. 25, 2001, C-6 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #98109043 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents are buried in Clark Cemetery, Hampton. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #14613770 &c.) 


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