Jeannie Kay Speer

Jeannie Kay Speer

Jeannie Kay Speer, age 46, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, April 2, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room in Fort Scott. She was born Aug. 5, 1971, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Harley Anderson and Rhonda Mitchell Anderson. She married Johnny Speer, Jr., on Sept. 7, 1995, at Fort Scott. Jeannie was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family dearly.

Survivors include her husband, Johnny, of the home and two sons, Ryan Speer and Dustin Speer, both of Fort Scott. Also surviving is her mother, Rhonda Anderson, of Fort Scott; a brother, James Anderson and Eva, of Fort Scott and a sister, Tracy Anderson, of Yates Center, Kan.; her grandfather, Troy Mitchell of Pleasanton, Kan., and several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her in-laws, John and Pam Speer, of Redfield, Kan., and Jonathan Field, of Fort Scott. She was preceded in death by her father, Harley Anderson; nephew, William Pulliam; great-nephew, Andrew Aerts and her mother-in-law, Judy Field.

Rev. Mark Demas will conduct funeral services at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Jeannie Speer Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.