She was born April 14, 1926 in Pamplin, Virginia to the late Ernest Thomas and Marissa Freelove (Cole) Jamerson. She was a retired Registered Nurse and attended Church on the Hill.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Renwick William Speer

Survivors include her stepson, Gregory C Speer; Brother, Charles Jamerson, Douglas Jamerson; sister, Cornelia Hetrick