Individual Details
David Arthur Spencer
(7 Oct 1918 - 6 May 1992)
CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, May 6, 1992
SPENCER
Services for David Arthur Spencer, 73, formerly of Carlsbad, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Denton Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Spencer died Wednesday (May 6, 1992) in Marion, Ill.
Elder Berwyn Hand ad R.C. Hand of the Primitive Baptist Church will officiate.
Family member will greet friends from 6-9 p.m. today at Denton Funeral Home. Interment will be in Carlsbad Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Michael Dean, Stanley Dean, Chad Spencer, Joe Warren, Jarrod Castleman, Charles Allen Spencer, and Jason Spencer.
Mr. Spencer was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Carlsbad. He was a long-time resident before moving to Bloomfield in 1958. He moved to Illinois in 1974, where he resided until his death.
He had been a carpenter with Potash Co. of America, a member of the Primitive Baptist Church of Bloomfield and a member of the AFL-CIO carpenter millwright.
Survivors include his wife, Opal Spencer of Creal Springs, Ill.; one son, Kenneth Spencer of Bloomfield; four daughters, Elaine Dean, Judy Rainey, Jeannie Griffith and Davene Cole, all of Bloomfield; one brother, Charles Spencer of Decatur, Ill.; two sisters, Elsie Marero of California and Rosa Lee Hutton of Breen, Colo.; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, May 6, 1992
SPENCER
Services for David Arthur Spencer, 73, formerly of Carlsbad, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at Denton Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Spencer died Wednesday (May 6, 1992) in Marion, Ill.
Elder Berwyn Hand ad R.C. Hand of the Primitive Baptist Church will officiate.
Family member will greet friends from 6-9 p.m. today at Denton Funeral Home. Interment will be in Carlsbad Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Michael Dean, Stanley Dean, Chad Spencer, Joe Warren, Jarrod Castleman, Charles Allen Spencer, and Jason Spencer.
Mr. Spencer was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Carlsbad. He was a long-time resident before moving to Bloomfield in 1958. He moved to Illinois in 1974, where he resided until his death.
He had been a carpenter with Potash Co. of America, a member of the Primitive Baptist Church of Bloomfield and a member of the AFL-CIO carpenter millwright.
Survivors include his wife, Opal Spencer of Creal Springs, Ill.; one son, Kenneth Spencer of Bloomfield; four daughters, Elaine Dean, Judy Rainey, Jeannie Griffith and Davene Cole, all of Bloomfield; one brother, Charles Spencer of Decatur, Ill.; two sisters, Elsie Marero of California and Rosa Lee Hutton of Breen, Colo.; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 7 Oct 1918 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 6 Feb 1920 | (George Raymond Spencer and Rosa Lee Hardesty) Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 2 Apr 1930 | (George Raymond Spencer and Rosa Lee Hardesty) Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 6 Apr 1940 | (George Raymond Spencer and Rosa Lee Hardesty) Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | | | |
| Death | 6 May 1992 | Marion, Williamson County, Illinois | |||
| Burial | Carlsbad Cemetery, Eddy County, New Mexico | | |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George Raymond Spencer (1890 - 1979) |
| Mother | Rosa Lee Hardesty (1894 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Raymond Walter Spencer (1917 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Mildred Lee Spencer (1919 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Charles Edward Spencer (1930 - 1998) |
| Sibling | George Finis Spencer (1932 - 1934) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
George R Spencer Head Male 29 Illinois - FarmerRosa L Spencer Wife Female 25 Texas
Raymond W Spencer Son Male 2 7/12 New Mexico
David W Spencer Son Male 1 3/12 New Mexico
Mildred Spencer Daughter Female 2/12 New Mexico
Census (family)-shared
George R Spencer Head Male 40 Kansas - FarmerRasa L Spencer Wife Female 35 Texas
Raymond W Spencer Son Male 12 New Mexico
David A Spencer Son Male 11 New Mexico
Mildred T Spencer Daughter Female 10 New Mexico
Elsie R Spencer Daughter Female 5 New Mexico
Rosa L Spencer Daughter Female 1 10/12 New Mexico
Oilfield Road, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
Census (family)-shared
George R Spencer Head Male 50 Kansas - Bus driver, school busRosalie Spencer Wife Female 45 Texas
Raymond Spencer Son Male 23 New Mexico
Arthur Spencer Son Male 21 New Mexico
Mildred Spencer Daughter Female 20 New Mexico
Elsie Spencer Daughter Female 15 New Mexico
Rosalie Spencer Daughter Female 11 New Mexico
Charles Spencer Son Male 9 New Mexico
Burial
PLOT Division K, Block 11Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1920 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VR-KV4.
2. United States Census, 1930 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCM9-14T.
3. United States Census, 1940 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRH-H9L.
4. Find a Grave Memorial 65059055.