Janet Spencer

Janet Kay Spencer passed away on a peaceful day in the blissful Hill Country of Bandera, Texas on September 6th, 2014, her family by her side. She can now celebrate her life with God in Heaven. She shared a marriage with Thomas Louis Spencer for 48 years.\r\n\r\nShe grew up in Jonesboro, Arkansas and graduated from Arkansas State University. During her time at ASU she was the President of her sorority Alpha Omicron Pi and at the age of 19 was crowned Miss Jonesboro in 1965. She also was the Dream Girl of her husband's, Thomas Louis Spencer, fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha. One of the most significant awards she received was the Texas Outstanding Young Woman Award in 1975. She worked as an interior designer for many years spanning from Arizona to Texas. She was involved in many community organizations in Bandera and shared a love of reading and gardening with the community. She became a Master Gardener and sat on the Bandera Library Board to exercise her love of gardening and a good book! During her travels and homes she shared a true love of animals from a one-legged fox in Bella Vista, Arkansas; a Longhorn named Big Bill on her Ranch in Bandera, Texas and finally Jimbo and Magee, her Border Collie and parrot.\r\n\r\nShe is preceded in death by her father James T. (Bo) Watkins, brother Thomas Grant Watkins, father-in-law Marvin Wesley Spencer and her mother-in-law Juanita Louise Spencer.\r\n\r\nShe is survived by her husband Thomas Louis Spencer, daughters Katherine Spencer Lee and Sarah Louise Spencer, son Thomas Wesley Spencer, grandchildren Thomas Dylan Spencer and J.L. Smith, mother Sarah "Bea" Watkins, sister Candace Lynn Allen, sister-in-law Ginger Marks Watkins and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.\r\n\r\nFuneral services will be held at 12:30pm on September 10th, 2014 at Fisher Street United Methodist Church with Pastor Paul Horner officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Cemetery in Bono, Arkansas.\r\n\r\nPallbearers will be Thomas Scudder, Gary Scudder, Jamie Scudder, Mark Watkins, Patrick Watkins, Zachary Watkins, and James Goad.\r\n\r\nThe family of Thomas Louis Spencer wishes to extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to all friends and family, the Peterson Hospice out of Kerrville, Texas, all doctors and nurses at M.D. Anderson with a special thanks to Dr. Kathleen Schmeler, the women and men of the Bandera Library Board, and the congregation of the Fisher Street Methodist Church.\r\n\r\n[contact-form-7 id="73" title="Send Condolences"]