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Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church
with Dr. Howard Batson, pastor, and Dr. Winfred Moore, pastor
emeritus, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Mr. Spencer was born in Reed, Okla., and had been a longtime Amarillo
resident. He served as an Air Corps Cadet in the Air Force during
World War II. He graduated from Lamesa High School in 1943, attended
Texas Tech University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in
commerce from St. Edward's University in 1950. He married Helen Lou
Watson on Aug. 29, 1950.
He joined Shamrock Oil and Gas Co. in 1951 as a laborer. He held
various engineering positions until 1961 when he was named assistant
manager of producing operations. In 1971 he was promoted to manager of
producing operations for Diamond Shamrock Co.
In November 1975, he was named assistant general manager of drilling
and producing operations and in 1978 he assumed the position of vice
president/general manager of production. From 1979 until his
retirement on Jan. 1, 1986, he served as vice president of
operations-production and supply and transportation departments for
the oil and gas unit.
He served on the board of directors for United Way of Amarillo and
Amarillo Rotary Club, on the board of trustees for High Plains Baptist
Hospital and was a past member of the board of directors for Amarillo
YMCA.
He was a member and deacon emeritus of First Baptist Church where he
taught Sunday school in the preschool division. He held memberships in
Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, American Petroleum Institute,
Panhandle Geological Society and Panhandle National Gas Society.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Richard L. Spencer and wife,
Connie, of Houston and Stephen W. Spencer and wife, Natasha, of
Dallas; four grandchildren, Steve Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer, both
of Houston, and Anthony Spencer and William Spencer, both of Dallas; a
sister, Joan Wilkes of Austin; and a sister-in-law, Ann Glidden of
Houston.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 2200 W.
Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106 or a favorite charity.
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