Mary Sue Hass “Speedy” Spencer, age 87, of Hickory, NC, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Carolina Caring in Sherrills Ford, NC. Born March 31, 1931 in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Grover A. Hass and Bertha Ella Rader Hass.
Mary Sue was a devoted servant of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She had been an active member of First Advent Christian Church in Hickory, NC, where she worked primarily with children’s programs and she had also attended Hickory Community Chapel, but was unable to attend church in recent years due to her declining health. She retired from Hickory City Schools where she had worked for 30 years in the College Park Jr. High School cafeteria, serving and loving every child with whom she came in contact.
Mary Sue served God and helped any animal or person in need, never wanting or accepting any recognition. Hickory Daily Record anonymously featured her in an article years ago about her feeding an abandoned stray dog. Mary Sue fed and rescued many animals over the years. She loved cats and birds and grew beautiful flowers. She was an amazing cook and baked hundreds of cakes as gifts to many people.
Her life was lived out as a great mother, grandmother, and friend to everybody she knew, especially her family. She now rests in the loving arms of Jesus.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James “J. C.” Spencer; brothers, Harry E. Hass and George Hass; sisters, Lois Cook and husband, Wilson, Fern Beard and husband, Murriel; in-laws, Ken and Peggy Spencer, Harold Crocker, and Shelba and Bob Marlowe.
Mary Sue is survived by her daughters, Rita Neill and husband Ed of Hickory, NC, and Connie Spurlock and husband Clark of Hickory, NC; sister, Alice Hass Pope of Asheboro, NC; grandchildren, Clay Neill and wife Donna of Hickory, NC, Leigh Ross and husband, Drew of Winter Garden, FL, Christie Lupo and husband, David of Greensboro, NC, Mary “Lassie” Wilson and husband, Chuck of Bellbrook, OH, and Laura Haga and husband, Austin of High Point, NC; great-grandchildren, Mary Grace Neill, Spencer Neill, Neilly Ross, and Charlie Ross; sister-in-law, Ann Hass of Newton, Virginia Crocker of Wilmington, NC, and Jeanette Baxter and husband, Martin of Williamsburg, VA; brother-in-law, Charles H. Spencer and wife, Ilze of Fort Mill, SC; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A private memorial service for Mary Sue’s family will be held after Christmas.
Inurnment will be held at a later date in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Hickory, NC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Humane Society of Catawba County, PO Box 63, Hickory, NC 28603, or to Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, UT, 84741-5000, or to David Jeremiah, Turning Point, PO Box 3838, San Diego, CA, 92163.
Condolences may be sent to the Spencer family at www.drumfh-hickory.com.
The Spencer family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home in Hickory, NC.
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