Mrs. Martha Jane Moore Spencer, 87, died at 8:40 p.m. Monday at her home on route 1, Louisa, following an illness of two weeks. She was born June 9, 1866, at Adams, KY, a daughter of the late Wesley and Ledocio McKinster Moore, and had lived on route 1, near Charley, KY for the past 58 years. She had been a member of the Methodist Church for 61 years. Her husband, Davis Spencer, died in 1940. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Ella Spencer, at home; one son, the Rev. A. L. Spencer of Ashland; one sister, Mrs. W. S. Thompson of Hillsboro, OH and a granddaughter, Mrs. Denver Spencer Compton, who made her home with Mrs. Spencer. Fourteen other grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday (today) at the residence by the Rev. S. B. Ball. Burial will follow in the Spencer Cemetery at Charley, KY. The body was removed from the Curtright Funeral Home, to the residence at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Big Sandy News, October 15, 1953
Mrs. Martha Jane Moore Spencer, 87, died at 8:40 p.m. Monday at her home on route 1, Louisa, following an illness of two weeks. She was born June 9, 1866, at Adams, KY, a daughter of the late Wesley and Ledocio McKinster Moore, and had lived on route 1, near Charley, KY for the past 58 years. She had been a member of the Methodist Church for 61 years. Her husband, Davis Spencer, died in 1940. Surviving are one daughter, Miss Ella Spencer, at home; one son, the Rev. A. L. Spencer of Ashland; one sister, Mrs. W. S. Thompson of Hillsboro, OH and a granddaughter, Mrs. Denver Spencer Compton, who made her home with Mrs. Spencer. Fourteen other grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday (today) at the residence by the Rev. S. B. Ball. Burial will follow in the Spencer Cemetery at Charley, KY. The body was removed from the Curtright Funeral Home, to the residence at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Big Sandy News, October 15, 1953
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