Barbee C. Spencer

94 year old Barbee C. Spencer of Smithville died Thursday at NHC in Smithville. The funeral will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Indian Creek Baptist Church in Smithville with James Fesler and Micheal Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. at Indian Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix Elmer and Altie Page Close; her husband, Willie Jewell Spencer; brothers, Ed Close and Hoyte Close, and sisters, Brownie DE-Malia and Opal Cantrell. She is survived by a daughter, Bobbie S. and husband Jimmy Ervin of Smithville. Two brothers, Otis and wife Margerette Close of McMinnville, and Paul Close of Smithville; four sisters, Drusie Meyers of Mt. Juliet, Doris and husband Jack Estes of Smithville, Jo Kania of Virginia, and Margie and husband A.W. Patterson of Mt. Juliet. Two grandchildren, Jane Parsley of Smithville and Alice and husband Aubrey Moseley of Murfreesboro. Five great-grandchildren, John Parsley, Rebecca Moore, Sarah Beth Parsley, Julie Wolfe, and Rachel Peters. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Indian Creek Baptist Church. On-line condolences may be submitted at familyheritagefh.com. Family Heritage Funeral Home in Gallatin is in charge of the arrangements.