February 5, 1921 - May 29, 2007
Birth Place: Hill Creek Community - Springfield
Resided In: Springfield, Arkansas
Visitation: 05-31-07 Details
Services: 06-01-07 Details
Cemetery: Friendship Cemetery Details
Audrey May Spier, the only daughter of Robert Arthur and Alta Mae Chandler
Spier, was born on Saturday, February 5, 1921, in the Hill Creek Community
near Springfield, Arkansas in Conway County. The youngest of three,
Audrey's father was killed when she was only 8 months old. At the age of 2,
William F. Arbuckle became the only dad she ever knew. She grew up in the
Hill Creek Community and attended school at Springfield, where she was a
star basketball player. Blessed with a talent for music, Audrey began
playing the guitar and singing at an early age. During her teenage years,
she sang on the radio in Russellville at a country-western weekend talent
show. On July 31, 1939, in the back of a store at Solgohachia, Audrey was
united in marriage to G. F. Scroggin. G. F. presented his new wife with a
Good Housekeeping cookbook and she began the journey to becoming a
wonderful cook, with a specialty for pies and rolls. In 1942, G. F. and
Audrey were blessed with the birth of their son, Jerry Robert who became
the light of her life. In 1948 they moved from the family farm to Alma,
Arkansas where she worked at the Kopper Kettle candy store. In 1971, Audrey
and G. F. moved back to the family farm near Solgohachia and she began
working as a nurse's aid at the hospital in Morrilton. G. F. grew huge
garden's every year and she spent many hours putting up vegetables and
making jelly. Audrey enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest. She loved to
ride horses and was a sharp shooter. G. F. would take her to the local
turkey shoots and she would always "bring home the turkey." Audrey was a
great fisherman and spent many wonderful hours with her grandchildren
teaching them to fish. She also loved flowers and animals. She could save
any poor little plant and fed many stray cats and dogs. On Tuesday morning,
May 29, 2007, at her home near Springfield, the angles carried Audrey home
to be with the Lord. At the age of 86, she had spent her live as a devoted
wife and mother. She had a great sense of humor and left a lasting
impression on her family and friends. Though she will be sadly missed we
know that our loss is truly heaven's gain. Those left to mourn her passing
include:Her son,Jerry Scroggin and wife Lenda of Springfield, Four
grandchildren: Latretha Scroggin, Carie Beller and husband Randy, Lendsey
Gottsponer and husband John, Lora Jones and husband Jason, Four great
grandchildren: Zach Scroggin, Jessica and Frank Beller, John Ashton
Gottsponer, and a host of other relatives and friends. Her husband, G. F.,
died on February 5, 2007. Her parents, and two brothers, Robert C. and
Clarence Spier also preceded her in death. Services will be at 2 P.M,
Friday, June 1, at Bob Neal & Sons Chapel Grady Martin and Jimmy Bryant
will officiate. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemetery. Pallbearers are
Preston Scroggin, Carl Parks, Larry Parks, Randy Beller, Curtis Carney,
Paul Flanagan, Zack Scroggin and Don Scroggin. Honorary Pallbearers are
John Parks, Hershel Miller and Lewis Miller.
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