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Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Church with Dr. Howard Batson, pastor, and Dr. Winfred Moore, pastor emeritus, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2820 Virginia Circle.
Mr. Spencer was born in Reed, Okla., and had been a longtime Amarillo resident. He served as an Air Corps Cadet in the Air Force during World War II. He graduated from Lamesa High School in 1943, attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce from St. Edward's University in 1950. He married Helen Lou Watson on Aug. 29, 1950.
He joined Shamrock Oil and Gas Co. in 1951 as a laborer. He held various engineering positions until 1961 when he was named assistant manager of producing operations. In 1971 he was promoted to manager of producing operations for Diamond Shamrock Co.
In November 1975, he was named assistant general manager of drilling and producing operations and in 1978 he assumed the position of vice president/general manager of production. From 1979 until his retirement on Jan. 1, 1986, he served as vice president of operations-production and supply and transportation departments for the oil and gas unit.
He served on the board of directors for United Way of Amarillo and Amarillo Rotary Club, on the board of trustees for High Plains Baptist Hospital and was a past member of the board of directors for Amarillo YMCA.
He was a member and deacon emeritus of First Baptist Church where he taught Sunday school in the preschool division. He held memberships in Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, American Petroleum Institute, Panhandle Geological Society and Panhandle National Gas Society.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Richard L. Spencer and wife, Connie, of Houston and Stephen W. Spencer and wife, Natasha, of Dallas; four grandchildren, Steve Spencer and Elizabeth Spencer, both of Houston, and Anthony Spencer and William Spencer, both of Dallas; a sister, Joan Wilkes of Austin; and a sister-in-law, Ann Glidden of Houston.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 2200 W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, TX 79106 or a favorite charity.
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