Della S. Speer, 95, died at the Falkville Health Care Center, Hartselle, AL on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 after a long illness. Born in Kentucky, she had lived in Dickenson County most all of her life where she was a school teacher. She received her Bachelor of education Degree from the University of Kentucky. She taught school from 1931 until her retirement in 1976. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society, and also a member of the Clintwood Baptist Church. She served the church as a Sunday school teacher, and a member of the Pauline Page Circle. Della was married to the late Earl Speer. Surviving is one son, Jim Speer and wife Pat, Clintwood; daughter Mary Phillips Murphree and husband Bob, Hartselle, AL; one sister, Stella Puckett of Nicholasville, KY; she was predeceased by one grandchild, Bobby Phillips, and is survived by two additional grandchildren, Sharon Puckett and husband Ron, Erin Smith and husband Christopher; four great grandchildren, Elizabeth, Bobby and Caleb Puckett, and Camryn Smith. Many nieces and nephews also survive.