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Mrs. Della S. Speer (october 13, 1911 - September 5, 2007) Obituary

Graduation Year Faculty
Date of Passing Sep 05, 2007
About Della S. Speer
Birth: Oct. 13, 1911
Kentucky, USA
Death: Sep. 5, 2007, Hartselle (Morgan County) Alabama, USA
Biography
Della S. Speer, 95, died at the Falkville Health Care Center, Hartselle, AL on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 after a long illness.

Born in Kentucky, she had lived in Dickenson County most all of her life where she was a school teacher. She received her Bachelor of education Degree from the University of Kentucky. She taught school from 1931 until her retirement in 1976. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and also a member of the Clintwood Baptist Church. She served the church as a Sunday school teacher, and a member of the Pauline Page Circle.

Della was married to the late Earl Speer. Surviving is one son, Jim Speer and wife Pat, Clintwood; daughter Mary Phillips Murphree and husband Bob, Hartselle, AL; one sister, Stella Puckett of Nicholasville, KY; she was predeceased by one grandchild, Bobby Phillips, and is survived by two additional grandchildren, Sharon Puckett and husband Ron, Erin Smith and husband Christopher; four great grandchildren, Elizabeth, Bobby and Caleb Puckett, and Camryn Smith. Many nieces and nephews also survive.

Burial: September 8, 2007, at Rose - Hill Cemetery (Dickenson Co.,) Just past WDIC radio station on the right of the road.
Mrs. Della S. Speer (october 13, 1911 - September 5, 2007)