Laura Mae Spears , a homemaker and longtime volunteer and employee of Head Start, died Friday. She was 83.
Spears , a longtime resident of Mobile, was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church since 1969. She served as a Eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar Society and a Mother of the Church. She, along with her sisters, chaired the cake table at the church's annual festival for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Claiborne Spears ; eight children, Shirley Boone, John Spears , Rose Pettaway, Charles Spears , Gloria Spears , Arthur Spears , Darryl Spears and Wayne Spears ; two sisters, Ida Bell Simms and Vera Bettis; 36 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, with the rosary recited at 10 a.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Reese Funeral Home on Bessemer Avenue in Prichard.
Press-Register (Mobile, AL) - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Spears , a longtime resident of Mobile, was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church since 1969. She served as a Eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar Society and a Mother of the Church. She, along with her sisters, chaired the cake table at the church's annual festival for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Claiborne Spears ; eight children, Shirley Boone, John Spears , Rose Pettaway, Charles Spears , Gloria Spears , Arthur Spears , Darryl Spears and Wayne Spears ; two sisters, Ida Bell Simms and Vera Bettis; 36 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, with the rosary recited at 10 a.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Reese Funeral Home on Bessemer Avenue in Prichard.
Press-Register (Mobile, AL) - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Laura Mae Spears , a homemaker and longtime volunteer and employee of Head Start, died Friday. She was 83.
Spears , a longtime resident of Mobile, was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church since 1969. She served as a Eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar Society and a Mother of the Church. She, along with her sisters, chaired the cake table at the church's annual festival for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Claiborne Spears ; eight children, Shirley Boone, John Spears , Rose Pettaway, Charles Spears , Gloria Spears , Arthur Spears , Darryl Spears and Wayne Spears ; two sisters, Ida Bell Simms and Vera Bettis; 36 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, with the rosary recited at 10 a.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Reese Funeral Home on Bessemer Avenue in Prichard.
Press-Register (Mobile, AL) - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Spears , a longtime resident of Mobile, was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church since 1969. She served as a Eucharistic minister, a member of the Altar Society and a Mother of the Church. She, along with her sisters, chaired the cake table at the church's annual festival for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Claiborne Spears ; eight children, Shirley Boone, John Spears , Rose Pettaway, Charles Spears , Gloria Spears , Arthur Spears , Darryl Spears and Wayne Spears ; two sisters, Ida Bell Simms and Vera Bettis; 36 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, with the rosary recited at 10 a.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Reese Funeral Home on Bessemer Avenue in Prichard.
Press-Register (Mobile, AL) - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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