Dr. Clyde Victor Speer

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OBITUARY

SW VA Enterprise, Wytheville, VA; 2 May 1992

Dr. Clyde Victor Speer, age 77, of 320 S. 8th Street, Wytheville, died Sunday, April 26, 1992 at his residence following a lengthy illness.

A memorial service will be held Sunday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m., at the Forrest United Methodist Church in Ivanhoe, conducted by the Rev. Shirley Rogers.

He was a well known Wytheville dentist for over 43 years before his retirement. He was born in Honaker, his family soon moved to Ivanhoe, where he spent his entire childhood. He was a 1929 graduate of Ivanhoe High School and later graduated from Fork Union Military Academy. He also attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. For his medical studies he transferred to the University of Toronto, Canada, and obtained his degree in dentistry in 1937, then returned to Wytheville to open his practice. He was a decorated major with the U.S. Army Medical Corps of the 263rd Infantry during World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Maude Mullins Speer of Wytheville; two daughters and son-in-law, Tibbett L. Speer and Alexander Neill, IV of San Anselmo, Calif. and Joan Taylor of Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren, Lauren and Haidee Henderson of Dallas; two half-brothers, Thomas Speer of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Clark Speer of New Zealand; and a half-sister, Catherine Jones of Chilhowie.

Following the memorial service, friends are invited to call at the family residence at 320 South 8th Street, Wytheville.
The Grubb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.



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Grave location, tombstone photo, and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86543437

Clyde married Maude Mullins. Maude was born 12 Dec 1914, Wise Co. VA; died 12 Jul 2006, Wythe Co. VA; was buried , Forest United Methodist Church, Ivanhoe, Wythe Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Clyde married Margaret Elizabeth Perdue. [Group Sheet]

Tibbett married Alexander Neill, IV. [Group Sheet]

Joan married Henderson. [Group Sheet]

Joan married Taylor. [Group Sheet]