“Forever Loved, Never Forgotten”
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Tevin LeMar Spencer was 26 years old when he passed. He was a warrior from the Navajo Nation. His clans were Red Bottom, Bitter Water, Many Goats, and Towering House Peoples. He excelled in sports and academics in high school, he was offered a full ride scholarship to Brown University but wanted to see the world. He enjoyed endurance races, fishing, and being with his children. He loved coming home to the Navajo reservation to be with family, eat traditional foods, and enjoy the outdoors. He was married at a young age to his high school sweetheart, Kaylee Hatathle, and they have three children: Maia, Myla, and Tevin, Jr. (TJ). He was an Aviation Ordinance man who served at the Naval Air Station-Oceana base in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is survived by his parents, Olivia Lansing and Anthony Spencer. His sister, Nizhoni Spencer and niece, Kyrie Hinojos Garcia and his family.