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About Us...
Tim and Laurie Spencer bought the
land that became Morning Mist Farm in
1990. Since then, they have made many
improvements, built a
house, and re-fenced and cross fenced the entire farm There still
remains a never ending "to do list" of further improvements as well as
continuous maintenance. The farm is operated and managed as
family effort, with Laurie working on sales, Neekisha providing the
basic ground work training for the horses, and Tim doing whatever else
that needs to be done as his health permits.
Tim & Laurie have been married for 30 years, and have three adult children, Neekisha Gregory, David Spencer and Kelly B. Spencer. They also have three grand children; Shane, age 9; Faith, age 7, Kaitlyn, age 7; and Nathaniel, age 3 years.
improvements, built a
house, and re-fenced and cross fenced the entire farm There still
remains a never ending "to do list" of further improvements as well as
continuous maintenance. The farm is operated and managed as
family effort, with Laurie working on sales, Neekisha providing the
basic ground work training for the horses, and Tim doing whatever else
that needs to be done as his health permits. Tim & Laurie have been married for 30 years, and have three adult children, Neekisha Gregory, David Spencer and Kelly B. Spencer. They also have three grand children; Shane, age 9; Faith, age 7, Kaitlyn, age 7; and Nathaniel, age 3 years.
About Laurie...
Laurie manages the farm's finances, negotiates
sales and works diligently to improve the operating environment of the
farm through her expert evaluation techniques and her farsighted
planning abilities. She also assists and cares for her husband,
Tim, a 100% disabled veteran. Laurie, as a tribal elder and
serves
on the Elders Board of and for the Western Cherokee Nation.
Laurie's ability to gain the trust of horses
is
uncanny. Because both her and her daughter, Neekisha, use
training techniques that are highly effective but unconventional, they
have "tamed" some of the wildest stock that one could imagine.Before moving to Missouri in 1990, Laurie worked as a water survival instructor for the Department of Defense at Belle Chase, LA, as a Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard at Naval Station Charleston and as a contracted American Red Cross instructor for virtually every class taught by the Red Cross. Additionally, she also worked at Berkeley County, SC EMS. Here she has worked as a Swimming Pool Manager for the City of Salem, owned a video store and a game room, and has also worked at Wal-Mart. Now she works on the farm and takes care of her husband, Tim.
About Tim...
Tim is a 100% disabled veteran due to combat related injuries. As his levels of energy and pain permit, Tim works closely with
Laurie and Neekisha to ensure maintenance
items and
improvements are made in a timely, proper and a cost effective
manner. Tim also maintains this and several other web sites for family
and friends as time and
health permit. Some of the Web Sites that Tim assists in
maintaining are:- Dent County Commons
- Panthera Ltd. Co.
- Western Cherokee Nation
- Upper Current River Pow Wow Web Site
- RuralSurvival.info
- Morning Mist Farm
Tim is constantly accompanied by his USSDR Registered service dog, Thunder. Thunder is trained to open doors and gates, to
keep strangers away
from and to protect Tim, and to catch chickens and ducks that Tim
specifies without harming the bird. Thunder will also heard
ducks, geese, calves, sheep, goats and swine on command.Tim also raises poultry as hobby, but this hobby also provides a good amount of meat and eggs for the family. Tim has constructed his own incubators and brooders, mostly using "junk" that he has found and recycled for useful purposes. Tim hatched out well over five hundred birds in 2009; surplus birds, when available, are offered for sale and are always listed here.
Tim is the managing director of RuralSurvival.info,
a
philanthropic
on-line
presence of emergency management and security
professionals offering information for rural families and agricultural
interests readily accessible information and resources in the areas of
disaster preparedness and mitigation. RuralSurvival.info is not a
non-profit nor a not for profit organization; it simply exists and
makes no profit whatsoever as an entity unto it's self.About Neekisha...
Tim and Laurie's daughter, Neekisha, is
married
to Mr. Daniel Gregory and they have two young sons ages three years and
nine
years old. Neekisha is an invaluable asset to the farm and
enables the farm to not only survive, but to succeed. She is
primarily responsible for most equine training accomplished at Morning
Mist
Farm and is also our primary "go to" person for veterinary needs.
Daniel works off of the farm as a professional roofer, but his help on
the farm is invaluable.Additionally, Neekisha owns and operates Agri-Host.US, a fledgling web hosting service that is tailored to the needs of the rural and agricultural community. She also sits on the Tribal Council of and for the Western Cherokee Nation.
Copyright © 2000 - 2010, Tim
& Laurie Spencer, Morning
Mist
Farm, all rights reserved.