I just received an email from Julie Spencer, Hal’s wife and Tim’s daughter-in-law, that has a super article that Hal wrote for Dun Cusic entitled “Tim Spencer Was the Brother Roy Rogers Never Had.” So true.
In the article, Hal points out various similarities that Tim and Roy had: both grew up along the Ohio River (Tim in Kentucky and Roy in Ohio), both were part American Indian (Tim Cherokee and Roy Choctaw), both sang with their brothers (The Spencer Brothers and the Slye Brothers – except Roy sang with his cousin Stan), and they were both fine singers and song writers, and both went to Southern California to realize their dreams of having a career in the entertainment business.
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Is it possible to see the entire article? I would like to read more about the two of them.
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Hi Grace, It’s a little hard to include all of the article here as it is quite long but I will post some more of it in a few days. Thanks.
Hi Cheryl, it is so nice to find things out about your dad. I knew some how that he had Indian in him. What can you tell us your followers about his Choctaw background? That would be interesting. Thanks for keeping us informed about a wonderful children’s leader and his loving wife, your parents.