From an email written by him on September 26, 1998:

"As a young boy I used to spend summers on Uncle Lee's farm. This is the same farm that Grandpa George Spencer Hunt had. So I am quite familar with the area and people.
"I remember Grandpa Hunt very well. I was 12 when he passed away. Not exactly old but yet old enough to remember him. Incidently, even though his name was George Spencer Hunt, he was always referred to as Spencer Hunt. My mother named me after him. When I was born she asked him if I should be named George Spencer. He told her that nobody ever called him George, it was always 'Spencer Hunt.' Hence, my name: Spencer Hunt Stimler. But for his desires I could be George Spencer Stimler."