Saturday, March 30, 2024

T. O. Spicer


(From Berna Funeral Home)

Dr. Thomas Otis Spicer, Jr, age 87, of Fayetteville, AR, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024. He was born February 22, 1937, in Paris, AR, a son of the late Thomas Otis Spicer, Sr. and Golda Elizabeth Norfleet Spicer.

T.O. was a retired Southern Baptist Minister, serving churches in Arkansas, Texas, and Missouri. He served for 25 years as the director of missions for the Spring River Baptist Association in Joplin, MO.







For the past 20 years, after retiring and moving back to Fayetteville, he served as the pastor of Sang Avenue Baptist Church, as the Baptist pastor of Elkins Community Church, associate pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Huntsville, and associate pastor of Old Missouri Road Baptist Church in Springdale.

Survivors are his wife of sixty-six years, Martha Alexander Spicer; a son, Thomas Otis Spicer, III, “Tom” (Kyle); and his grandchildren, Elizabeth Ann Spicer, and Jacob White (Chio).

Visitation will be Tuesday, April 2, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow in Fairview Memorial Gardens by Nelson Berna Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Washington/Madison Baptist Association or Old Missouri Road Baptist Church.

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