(Obituary - Spencer Jeffeson Gregory, age 79, pioneer citizen of Hopkins County, died 
at the family home in the Mount Sterling community Thursday morning. He had been in 
failing health for several weeks. Funeral services will be conducted at Gafford Chapel,
conducted by Rev. Clark H. Russell, pastor of Sulphur Springs Methodist Church. He was 
born in Chillicothe, Mo., on April 22, 1860. He moved to Texas while a young man and 
married Miss Fannie Goff of the Scatterbranch community in Hunt county. The couple 
celebrated their fifty-first anniversary last November. Nine children were born to this 
happy union, eight of whom survive with their mother. The daughters are: Mrs. Perry
Odom, Gafford Chapel; Mrs. Henry Young, Ridgeway; Mrs. Ida Hooper, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. 
Monroe Cannon, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Ben Dodd, Mrs. Earl Satterfield, and Miss Mary Kate 
Gregory, Fort Worth. One son, Marvin Gregory, who lives at home, survives. Lawrence 
Gregory, another son, died several years ago. Two brothers, Howard Gregory and Knight 
Gregory, Vivian , La. Three sisters, Mrs. W. Y.Goff, Commerce; Mrs. Nellie Hargrave, 
Ardmore, Okla.; and Mrs. Will Williford, Hillsboro, also survive. (Daily News-Telegram)