SPENCER, Juanita (Nita)

(Maiden Name: Tabor)

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, Arizona Published Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Juanita “Nita” Tabor Spencer left this earthly life to enter the Kingdom of the Lord and be reunited with her family. Nita was born in May, in Harper County, Okla., to Samuel and Nellie Tabor. She was one of seven children. Nita was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church, Telephone Pioneers, charter member of the Havasu Stitchers, and a member of the Hilltop Quilters Friendship Group. Nita was creative, giving, farmer’s daughter, a great cook, a terrific friend, soda jerk, ceramic designer, craft lover, slot player, community volunteer, quilting queen, telephone supervisor extraordinaire, Sooner, charming hostess, caring wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great- great-grandmother. Juanita is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Harold Spencer; daughter, Carol Rutherford, of American Canyon, Calif.; sons, Robert Spencer, of Simpsonville, S.C., John Spencer, of Laguna Hills, Calif., and Gerald Spencer, of Corona, Calif.; sister, Wanda Kephart, of San Antonio, Texas; grandchildren, Jennifer, Sheron, Terry, Gary, Kathy, Michelle, James and David; great-grandchildren, Monique, Greg, Brandon, Charles, Alicia, Amanda, Timothy, Andrew, Cassandra, Samantha, Christian, Brittney, Sage, Kayla and Jamie; great-great-grandchildren, Rylin, Kingston and Paige and a multitude of nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by sons, Lynn Gregory and H. LeRoy Spencer Jr.; grandchildren, Sammie Nell Rutherford, H. Allen Rutherford Jr., and Phillip Bruce Rutherford; sisters, Sybil Horton and Barbara Lee Nixon and brothers, Cecil Tabor, Earl Tabor, and Louis Tabor. Visitation for Nita will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Interment will take place June 28, at 1:30 p.m., at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif. Memorial services will be held July 1, at 10 a.m., at the First Southern Baptist Church. Dr. Bob Greene will offer words of comfort and inspiration. Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at www.lietz-frazefuneralhome.com. Arrangements were placed under the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home and Crematory
Posted by mhenderson on June 23, 2010

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