Individual Details
Mildred Lee Spencer
(11 Nov 1919 - 13 Dec 1989)
(Ref: CARLSBAD CURRENT-ARGUS, Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico, reads as follows:
MILDRED WILLIAMS
Service for Mildred L. Williams, 2309 N. Canal St., are pending at Denton Funeral Home. She died today at her home.
She was born in Carlsbad on Nov. 11, 1919 in the old Eddy house. She graduated from Carlsbad High School and attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. She worked for many years as a semstress for David James and Collin Gerrells stores. She and Joseph Williams were married in Carlsbad on Nov. 2, 1941. She was a charter member of Emmanuel Gospel Church and helped in the construction of the church. She was also a member of the Grandmother's Club.
Survivors include her husband, J.A. Williams, Carlsbad; two daughters, Sheran Sims and Barbara Rice, both of Carlsbad; two brothers, David Arthur Spencer, Crealoe Spring, Ill., and Charles Spencer, Natchitoches, La.; two sisters, Elsie Marrero, El Rancho, Calif., rosa Lee Hutton, Marvel, Colo., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
MILDRED L. WILLIAMS
A funeral service is to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Emmanuel Gospel Church for Mildred L. Williams, 70, who died Wednesday at her Carlsbad home.
Mrs. Williams, a resident of 2309 N. Canal St., was 70.
The service is to be officiated by the Rev. Lois McCarty. Burial is to follow in Carlsbad Cemetery.
Ushers for the service are to be Kelly Hicks and Kim Ingram.
Pallbearers are to be M. Lee Rice, Albert McCarty, Robert McCarty, Kendrew Cauffman, Loyd Elliott, Freddie Prewitt, Melvin McNutt, Damon McNutt.
MILDRED WILLIAMS
Service for Mildred L. Williams, 2309 N. Canal St., are pending at Denton Funeral Home. She died today at her home.
She was born in Carlsbad on Nov. 11, 1919 in the old Eddy house. She graduated from Carlsbad High School and attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. She worked for many years as a semstress for David James and Collin Gerrells stores. She and Joseph Williams were married in Carlsbad on Nov. 2, 1941. She was a charter member of Emmanuel Gospel Church and helped in the construction of the church. She was also a member of the Grandmother's Club.
Survivors include her husband, J.A. Williams, Carlsbad; two daughters, Sheran Sims and Barbara Rice, both of Carlsbad; two brothers, David Arthur Spencer, Crealoe Spring, Ill., and Charles Spencer, Natchitoches, La.; two sisters, Elsie Marrero, El Rancho, Calif., rosa Lee Hutton, Marvel, Colo., three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
MILDRED L. WILLIAMS
A funeral service is to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Emmanuel Gospel Church for Mildred L. Williams, 70, who died Wednesday at her Carlsbad home.
Mrs. Williams, a resident of 2309 N. Canal St., was 70.
The service is to be officiated by the Rev. Lois McCarty. Burial is to follow in Carlsbad Cemetery.
Ushers for the service are to be Kelly Hicks and Kim Ingram.
Pallbearers are to be M. Lee Rice, Albert McCarty, Robert McCarty, Kendrew Cauffman, Loyd Elliott, Freddie Prewitt, Melvin McNutt, Damon McNutt.
Events
| Birth | 11 Nov 1919 | 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 | | | |
| Marriage | 2 Nov 1941 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico - Joseph Allen Williams | |||
| Death | 13 Dec 1989 | Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico | |||
| Burial | Carlsbad Cemetery, Eddy County, New Mexico | | |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph Allen Williams (1911 - 2005) |
| 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 | David Arthur Spencer (1918 - 1992) |
| 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 65181012.