Career
One might say that Southern Gospel music was Speer"s life. Foreign the remaining seventy-eight years of his life, he was inextricably intertwined with that group. With only one exception -- World World War II -- he sang with his family his entire life.
Speer"s parents were G.T. and Lena Speer (often referred to as "Dad" and "Mom" Speer).
He had three siblings: Ben Speer, Mary Tom Speer Reid, and Rosa Nell Speer Powell. Speer was married to Faye Ihrig Speer for 50 years.
They had three children: Suzan Speer, Marc Speer, and Brian Speer.
