Jim Henry Spencer, Jr.

Jim Henry Spencer, Jr.

Funeral services for Jim Henry Spencer, Jr. will be held on Friday afternoon, February 27, 2026, at the St. John Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m.  Rev. Lewis James will serve as the officiant.  A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held on Thursday evening, February 26, 2026,  from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Loche's Mortuary chapel. The interment will follow in Jerusalem Cemetery.  To send flowers, plants, light a candle, or send words of condolence, kindly follow directions to the left.

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Family and friends are urged to turn on emergency flashers as we travel to Jerusalem cemetery.

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"Jim Was A Family Man"

Genesis 8:22 – As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest will never cease. 

It was a few days after the Fourth of July, the seventh of July, 1946, when  Lillie Mae Dillard and Jim Henry Spencer became the parents of a baby boy.  He was given the name Jim Henry Spencer, Jr. On the seventeenth of February, Jim Henry Spencer, Jr. left family and friends bound for his "new home."

Now, Jim was a farmer by profession, but he was skilled in mechanical work, plumbing, electrical work, and building.  When he had some "off time," he enjoyed fishing.  But his favorite "off time" was spending "quality time" with his family. Jim loved his family.

He leaves to cherish his memories, his children:  Keshaunda Dovall, Tamika Young, Travis Dovall, Erica Dovall, Katie Brooks, and Jim Brooks; his siblings: Ollie Lee Spencer, Willie C. Spencer, Lee Andrew Kelly, Ruby Spencer, and Delore Henderson; grandchildren, cousins, and friends.

A Farmer’s Prayer

Time just keeps moving on, and many years have come and gone

But I grow old without regret, my hopes are in what may come yet.

On the farm, I work each day; this is where I wish to stay

I watch the seeds each season sprout from the soil as the plants rise out.

I study nature and I learn To know the earth and feel her turn

I love her dearly in all her seasons for I have learned her secret reasons.

All that will live in the bosom of the earth she is the loving mother of all birth

When my body is old and spent And my soul to Heaven has went.

Please compost and spread me on this plain So my body Mother Earth can claim

That is where I wish to be Then nature can nourish new life with me.

So do not for me grieve and weep I didn’t leave, I only sleep

I am with the soil here below

Where I can nourish life of beauty and glow.

Here I can help the falling rain

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