Obituary Record
Spencer, Mary Ann - March 14, 1998
Mary Ann Spencer, 77, died Saturday, March 14, 1998 in Waveland.
Mrs. Spencer was a native of Hattiesburg. She was the daughter of Rosie Mayatt and William James French. She and her late husband, Lt. Col. Roy J. Spencer, Sr., moved to the Coast in 1965. She was a member of ST. Clare Catholic Church and a former member of Our Lady of Fatima and St. James parishes. She was active in the DAV and VFW auxiliaries, the Gulfport Elks Club and various garden clubs.
She was preceded in death by all her brothers and sisters, Willie French, Jimmy French, Dicky French, Rosalie French, Katie McMurtry, Joe French, Charles French, Rita Agnes Hancock, Bobby French; and a daughter, Deborah Spencer Wilkerson McDonald.
Survivors include her children, Lt. Col. Roy James Spencer Jr. of Mequon, Wisc., K. Mechelle Spencer of West Southport, Maine; Capt William Spencer of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and Marcia Ann Longo of Waveland; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation was Monday evening at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis. A funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday at St. Clare Catholic Church in Waveland. Burial was in National Cemetery in Biloxi.
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