In Memoriam - October 28th

1675 Jacob Janes age 23 the son of William & Mary Janes.  He was born in 1652.

1882 Margaret (Runyon) Long age 73 in Oldham Co., KY.  She was born in Kentucky in 1809 the daughter of John & Sarah (Stout) Runyon.  Margaret married Robert Long and they had six children: James, John, William, Margaret, Louisa and Ann.  She is buried in Long Cemetery in Crestwood, KY.

1923 Nancy (Gentle) Crumbacher daughter of John & Mary (Parrish) Gentle, age 81 in Wayne Co., IL.  She was born in Indiana in 1842 and married James Crumbacher.  They had eight children:  Sara, Edward, Albert, Mary, Candace, Lillie, Elzora and John.

2013 Oliver Franklin Spicer, age 102, of Louisville, Illinois passed away at 8:17 pm, Monday, October 28, 2013, at Clay County Hospital in Flora, Illinois.

Oliver was born Sunday, February 5, 1911 in Johnsonville, Illinois, the son of Bundy Spicer and Winnie (Garrison) Spicer. He married Emma Walters in 1935 and Emma preceded him in death in 1975. He then married Martha Smith in Louisville, IL on June 6,1980. Martha preceded him in death on January 15, 2012.

He was a member of Louisville United Methodist Church and worked in the steel mills for AK Steel in Kansas City, MO.

Oliver is survived by step-son, Richard Leon Farris; step-daughters, Nelda Jean (Jim) White, Brenda Sue (Jerry) Colman; several nieces and nephews, Gene and Betty Pieplow, Roy and Lulu Mae Rascher, Rex and Betty Brown, Geraldine and Buss Foreman, Donnie and Gloria Brown, Linda and Dixon Barfield, several step-nieces, step-nephews, step-grandchildren, and step-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Emma "Walters" Spicer, second wife Martha "Smith" Spicer, daughter-in-law, Lilly Farris; brothers, Guy Ayers, Eldon Spicer, Leland Spicer; sisters, Lois Brown, Martha Hammond, infant sister Nettie Spicer, one step-granddaughter, one step-great granddaughter, one step-great great grandson.

Arrangements were handled by J.W. Neal Funeral Home.  Funeral services were held there also.  Interment was in Oddfellows Cemetery, Xenia, IL.