Fifth Generation

304. Robert Alexander SPENCER was born on 16 April 1889 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{100,217,790,791} He died on 11 March 1958 at the age of 68 in Catawba County, North Carolina.¹⁰⁰ He was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.

Robert Alexander SPENCER and Eva Nancy GANTT were married estimated 1910. Eva Nancy GANTT, daughter of Noah S. [Gant] GANTT and Artie E. (unknown surname) GANTT, was born on 3 March 1893 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^100,791,792 She died on 8 May 1986 at the age of 93 in Catawba County, North Carolina.¹⁰⁰ She was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.

Robert Alexander SPENCER and Eva Nancy GANTT had the following children:

944	i.	Walter D. SPENCER (private).
945	ii.	Rena P. SPENCER was born on 3 October 1911 in Catawba County, North Carolina.793 She died on 7 February 1985 at the age of 73 in Catawba County, North Carolina.534 She served in the military (U.S. Navy - WW II).534 Rena was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.
946	iii.	Frank Herman SPENCER was born on 13 August 1913 in Catawba County, North Carolina.100,791 He died on 15 April 1959 at the age of 45 in Catawba County, North Carolina.100 He was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. Frank served in the military (N.C., Tec 5, 21 Gen. Hospital, WW II).
+947	iv.	Myrtle D. SPENCER.
948	v.	Mary Christine SPENCER was born on 30 May 1919 in Catawba County, North Carolina.791,794 She died on 30 April 2009 at the age of 89 in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina. Her obituary appeared as follows: CONOVER - Mary Spencer Justice, 89, of Conover, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Justice was born May 30, 1919, in Catawba County to the late Robert Alexander Spencer and Eva Nancy Gant Spencer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Justice; a daughter, Nancy Justice; a grandson, Greg Sigmon; sisters, Martha Spencer, Rena Spencer, Myrtle Spencer Winters, Zula Spencer Rockett and Thelma Spencer Smith; and brothers, Frank Spencer and Marion Spencer. She is survived by her grandchildren, Christine Sigmon Hradek and husband, Jeff, Cedona Sigmon Robertson and husband, Wayne, Cheryl Sigmon Thinnes and husband, Jay, all of Venice, Fla., and Candace Sigmon Hummel and husband, Brian, of Austin, Texas; great-grandchildren, Aubrey, Kamrynn, Lauren, Alexis, Jaysa, Kody, Hannah, Michael, Sydney, Dallas, Jaret and Griffin; sisters, Frances Spencer Winters and Hilda Spencer Price, both of Conover; a brother, Richard Glenn Spencer of Conover; and son-in-law, Larry F. Sigmon of Conover. A service of remembrance will be held at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Conover, with the Rev. Michael Kane officiating. Burial will follow in Conover City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3 to 4:15 p.m., prior to the service, at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Concordia Christian Day School, 215 Fifth Ave., SE, Conover, N.C. 28613. The Justice family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 5/2/2009]
+949	vi.	Marion Robert "Pete" SPENCER.
+950	vii.	Frances E. SPENCER.
+951	viii.	Richard Glenn "Bud" SPENCER.
+952	ix.	Thelma K. SPENCER.
+953	x.	Zula Mae SPENCER.
+954	xi.	Hilda Gantt SPENCER.