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词条 Yancy Spencer III
释义

  1. Family

  2. Death

  3. References

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| birth_place = Roanoke, Virginia
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| death_place = El Cerrito (County Line), Contra Costa County, California[1]
| residence = Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, Florida
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}}Yancy Bailey Spencer III (July 2, 1950 – February 14, 2011) was a surfer from Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, who was widely regarded as the father of Gulf Coast surfing.[1]

Family

He was son of Yancy Bailey Spencer Jr. (North Carolina, 1929 - 2010), who served in the United States of America Navy between 1938 and 1962, Private First Class (PFC) in World War II who reached the rank of Chief Petty Officer, and wife Patricia Lee Rice.

One of his brothers, John S. Spencer, is the Pastor of a Christian Church, Calvary Chapel, in Coastline, Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, Florida. The other of his brothers, J. B. Schluter Spencer, is a Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, Florida, City Council Member.

He married his second wife Lydia Ann Brown, daughter of Eugene Fuller Brown II and wife Maxine Boatright.

He had an older son, Yancy Bailey Spencer IV, from his first marriage, and from his second marriage a younger daughter, actress Abigail Spencer, and a younger son, Sterling Spencer.

He married a third time on April 9, 1988 with Helen Delabar Martison (b. Van Lear, Johnson County, Kentucky, December 18, 1939), without issue.

Death

Yancy died while surfing at County Line, California, on February 14, 2011. The cause of death was thought to be a major heart attack.[2]

A statue of him was erected on Pensacola Beach, Florida.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20110215/NEWS01/110215002/1006/Pensacola-surfing-legend-Yancy-Spencer-dies|title=Pensacola News Journal|website=Pensacola News Journal}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://surf.transworld.net/1000125000/news/yancy-spencer-passes-away-at-malibu/|title=RIP: Yancy Spencer Passes Away - Adventure Sports Network|date=15 February 2011|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8535-yancy-spencer-iii-honoured-with-statue-in-pensacola-beach|title=Yancy Spencer III honoured with statue in Pensacola Beach|first=Editor at|last=SurferToday.com|publisher=}}
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5 : 1950 births|2011 deaths|American surfers|Sportspeople from California|Sportspeople from Pensacola, Florida

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