94 year old Bessie Bell Spencer of Liberty died Monday at NHC Healthcare Center in Smithville. She was a Methodist and retired from the shirt factory. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Javin Lawson, Junior Hibdon, and Michael Hale will officiate and burial will be in the Dismal Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bob and Versie Scott Driver; her husband, Halton Spencer; a son, Robert Spencer; a great grandson, Bryan Keith Spencer; a great great grandbaby, Kaitlyn Bennett; sisters, Lena May Driver, Exum Chapman, and Beulah Malone; and brothers, Dawson Driver and Odell Driver. Survivors include a daughter, Lois Self of Liberty. Eight grandchildren, Terry Hicks, Mark Hicks, Bessie Collins, Linda Kennedy, Barbara Hicks, Stevie Spencer, Debbie Bartley, and Joann Bradford. Twenty six great grandchildren and twenty one great great grandchildren. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
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