Obituary of Saundra Erma Spencer

Saundra Erma Spencer was born on December 11, 1948 to King Jeff Edwards and Addie Lou Roland in Port Arthur, Texas. She first found Christ in her earlier age while attending Pleasant Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended Como High School in Fort Worth, Texas where she was a cheerleader, trumpeter in the band, president of several organizations and voted Miss Como.  After graduating, a year early, she returned to her second home in Port Arthur, Texas where she studied Pre-Law at Port Arthur College known currently as Lamar University.

After working in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, she accepted a position with Positive Education for Early Parenting (P.E.E.P) in Orange, Texas. Her work with P.E.E.P benefited many parents and young children throughout Orange County. She was a pioneer in working to support families in home by visiting with and educating parents about helping their children. She also trained and supervised AmeriCorps volunteers in an expansion of P.E.E.P’s mission to support at risk parents to prevent child abuse and neglect. She continued this work until P.E.E.P merged with Family Services of Beaumont.

She leaves to celebrate her memory her beloved husband of 44 years, Cornelius Joseph Spencer Jr. (They met at wedding 46 years ago where he was the best man and she was the maid of honor). She also leaves to celebrate her memory her children Adrienne Tivonne, Cornelius Spencer III ( Shani), Brian Spencer, Brandy Spencer Byrd (Derrick), her stepmother, Margaret Edwards, and her siblings Cheryl Edwards- Harkless (Alvin), and Ray Charles Jenkins (Sonya), her grandchildren Acaseia  Apacanis, Brian Deslin Spencer, Ale’Ja  Thomas, Evan Fielder, Kingston  Spencer, Cornelius  Spencer IV, Blake Spencer, and  Derrick  Byrd Jr.  She also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and a wealth of friends.  Her “BFF” Tiffany Richard-Winfrey, honorary daughter Monica Kinnard along with the many of her childrens' best friends she considered family

She is preceded in death by her loving parents King Jeff Edwards and Addie Lou Roland, and her siblings Audrey Valerie Edwards and Darryl Dewain Edwards.

Services for Saundra will be held Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Clayton Funeral Home, 5530 W. Broadway, Pearland, Texas 77581.  The visitation will be held from 10:00 until 11:00 am with the funeral service following at 11:00 am in the chapel with Pastor Ronnie Linden.  Interment will follow at Houston Memorial Gardens, 2426 Cullen Blvd., Pearland, Texas 77584.