Homer Dwight Spencer

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Census Listings:

1930 Census
Virginia, Chesterfield County, Bermuda Magisterial District
ED 21-2 SD 6 Sheet 1A Stamped 23
Points of Rocks Boulevard
4-6
Spencer, Homer D Head M W 35 M 19 Mich Mich Mich Truck Driver Lumber Mill
Spencer, Jessie M Wf F W 26 m 16 Mich Mich Mich
Spencer, Dorothy A Dtr F W 14 S Mich Mich Mich
Spencer, Elmer W Son M W 12 S Mich Mich Mich
Spencer, Robert Jr Son M W 8 S Mich Mich Mich
Spencer, Alvin F Son M W 5 S Mich Mich Mich
Spencer, Thelma M Dtr F W 8/12 S Va Mich Mich

Homer married Lottie Byrnes on 10 May 1914 in Standish, Arenac County, Michigan. Lottie was born about 1897 in Sterling, Arenac County, Michigan; died about 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Homer married Jessie Ruse after 1918. Jessie was born about 1904 in Michigan; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Randi McKie, Dorothea's granddaugher, writes that "Mom Mom first married a man by the last name of Leggett and had a son named Dewey Elton LEGGETT. The marriage was short lived and they divorced. She was working as a waitress in a restaurant where she met her second husband, William John "Bill" ALBERT of Brooklyn, New York, and they were the parents of Sondra Elizabeth ALBERT, born 1943, in Philadelphia. Bill was a mechanical engineer. He tried to adopt Dewey, but Dewey's biological father refused to relinquish his parental rights. Dewey was raised by Bill and considered him his father, later taking the Albert name as his own. Dewey and Sondra grew up in Barrington, NJ, and attended Haddon Heights High School.

Randi McKie, Sondra's daughter, added that "In the early 1960's my Mom met my father, Arthur Murray Holmstock in Atlantic City, NJ. They were both working down there that summer. My Mom had a job dancing (not anything explicit, she was a trained ballerina) and my father attended a parking lot. She and a friend made plans to double date with my father and his friend. My Dad was to go out with her friend and she was to go out with his. Mom's friend got sick and my Dad's friend couldn't make it, so that is how my parents got together. Mom gave birth in April 1966 to my brother, Joel Micah Holmstock. And to me in September 1967. Joel still has not married. I married in 2003 and have a 22 year old step daughter."

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Was married with children,.

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Randi McKie emailed that "Thelma married Otis Taylor, a master plumber from VA. I believe all the children (she and her siblings) grew up in Hopewell, VA. Thelma and Otis settled in Madison Heights, VA (outside of Lynchburg) and had two children, Shirley and Gary. Shirley first married a man named Woody (last name) who came from a prominent family in Madison Heights. They had two children, Lynn and Gwen. Shirley divorced and married Buddy (Marshall) Coleman who worked for the Lynchburg Sheriffs Department. They had one daughter, Tina Coleman. Uncle Otis died in March of 2000 from a heart attack. He was buried in Madison Heights, VA. with full military honors.

Gary Taylor married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie. They had two children, Chad and Kelsi. They still live in Madison Heights today. Gary became a master plumber like his father and Chad was following this also. Kelsi became a physical therapist.

Thelma died around the 2005 possibly cancer. Shirley passed around 2007 from throat cancer due to years of smoking. I am not sure how many grandchildren that Shirley has: Lynn had at least two girls, Gwen had at least two and Tina has at least one."