Obituary:  Richard "Hungry" Spencer 

Richard "Hungry" Spencer

CROSS PLAINS - Richard W. "Hungry" Spencer, 84, died Monday at an Abilene hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Richard Chaffin officiating. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery.

Mr. Spencer was born in Brown County and worked for Shell Pipe Line for 35 years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He married Beulah Irene (Clifton) Spencer in 1934; she preceded him in death. He married Clara Nell McDermett in 1974.

Survivors include his wife, of Cross Plains; two sons, R.W. Spencer II of Odessa and David Spencer of Paducah, Ky.; one daughter, Glenda Weaver of Abilene; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Abilene Reporter News, Abilene, Texas, Dec 9, 1997