Dec. 5, 1934 – March 24, 2014

NATCHEZ — Services for Louis Martin Spencer Jr., 79, of Natchez, who died Monday, March 24, 2014, at Crown Health and Rehab, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Walton Jones officiating.

Burial will follow in Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Spencer was born Dec. 5, 1934, in Natchez, the son of Louis Martin Spencer Sr. and Frances Jean Smith Spencer.

He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and he will be dearly missed.

He was a 1952 graduate of Natchez High School, a graduate of Mississippi State University and served in the U.S. Army. He was the former owner of Spencer Bros. Construction and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. He enjoyed reading, storytelling and was an avid fisherman.

Mr. Spencer was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Raymond Michael Spencer, one sister, Margaret Spencer Wilson, and one niece, Gina Wilson Green.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Spencer; two daughters, Kate Spencer Jabbia and husband, Vince, of Beaumont, Texas, and Beth Spencer Cummings and husband, Bob, of Oxford; three grandsons, Vincent Jabbia of Beaumont, Will Spencer of Zaragoza, Spain, and Benjamin Cummings of Oxford; two granddaughters, Bridget Mueller of San Marcos , Texas and Kathleen Jabbia of Beaumont; one sister-in-law, Leneen Dickey Blansett and husband, Richard, of Dallas; one nephew, Richard Lee Moroney III of Huntsville, Ala.; and five nieces, Sheree Wilson Bryant of Natchez, Amy Wilson Sanders of Baton Rouge, Jennie Moroney of Houston, Patrice Moroney Garcia of Cypress, Texas and Cris Moroney Hughes of Oxford.

Pallbearers will be Lamar Spencer, Woody Allen, Jimmy Koerber, Vince Jabbia, Bob Cummings and Will Spencer.

Memorials may be made to the Natchez Children’s Home at ntzchs.org or 806 N. Union St., Natchez, MS. 39120 or The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana at lafo@tnc.org or PO Box 4125, Baton Rouge, La. 70821.

Online condolences may be made to lairdfh.com.