1931
Ethel
2016
Ethel Lucille Spears
February 2, 1931 — May 9, 2016
Ethel Lucille Perry Spears, age 85, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee.
Ethel was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 2, 1931 to the late Jessie Perry and the late Frances Elizabeth Davenport. Ethel married Albert Spears and they shared 67 wonderful years together until he passed away on October 6, 2015. She worked as a nurse assistant at Greystone Nursing Home in Williamson County. She was a wonderful homemaker, wife and mother. She loved spending time sewing and in her early years she was very crafty making most of her children’s clothes, and also beautiful quilts. Travel was a favorite hobby, especially trips to Florida, with beaches probably being her favorite destinations of all. However, she would just as easily go fishing or head to the mountains to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation. She loved doing puzzles. She was a dedicated Christian, being a member of South Gate Church of Christ.
Ethel is survived by her: daughters Shirley Harrison of Burwood Community and Mary (Thomas) Fitzgerald of Franklin, Tennessee; grandchildren Ernest Pruitt, Beth McCord, Becky Butts, Penny Burress, and Jessie Biggs; great-grandchildren Michael Pruitt, Megan Ladd, Lexie Butts, and Christian McCord; and great-great-grandchildren Ethan Burress, Axton Pruitt, and Auryn Ladd; sisters: Lou Travis of Newbury, NC and JoAnn (Bill) Williams of Metter, GA; and brother: Roger Dale (Kathleen) Perry of Newbury, NC. In addition to her parents: Jessie Perry and Frances Elizabeth Davenport Perry; and husband: Albert Odell Spears, she was preceded in death by her daughter: Donna Sue Biggs; grandson: Albert Biggs; son-in-law: Harold Biggs; son-in-law: Ralph Harrison; and brothers: Tandy Rice Perry and Dan German Perry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Spears will be held on Wednesday, May 11 at 2:00 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Joe Macer officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends from 1:00 p.m. until time for the service also on Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Ernest Pruitt, Thomas Fitzgerald, James McCord, Michael Pruitt, Joey Sullivan, Brandon Burress, and Adam Ladd.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of South Gate Church of Christ.
Williams Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements and online condolences may be made to the family at www.williamsfh.com .
Ethel was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 2, 1931 to the late Jessie Perry and the late Frances Elizabeth Davenport. Ethel married Albert Spears and they shared 67 wonderful years together until he passed away on October 6, 2015. She worked as a nurse assistant at Greystone Nursing Home in Williamson County. She was a wonderful homemaker, wife and mother. She loved spending time sewing and in her early years she was very crafty making most of her children’s clothes, and also beautiful quilts. Travel was a favorite hobby, especially trips to Florida, with beaches probably being her favorite destinations of all. However, she would just as easily go fishing or head to the mountains to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation. She loved doing puzzles. She was a dedicated Christian, being a member of South Gate Church of Christ.
Ethel is survived by her: daughters Shirley Harrison of Burwood Community and Mary (Thomas) Fitzgerald of Franklin, Tennessee; grandchildren Ernest Pruitt, Beth McCord, Becky Butts, Penny Burress, and Jessie Biggs; great-grandchildren Michael Pruitt, Megan Ladd, Lexie Butts, and Christian McCord; and great-great-grandchildren Ethan Burress, Axton Pruitt, and Auryn Ladd; sisters: Lou Travis of Newbury, NC and JoAnn (Bill) Williams of Metter, GA; and brother: Roger Dale (Kathleen) Perry of Newbury, NC. In addition to her parents: Jessie Perry and Frances Elizabeth Davenport Perry; and husband: Albert Odell Spears, she was preceded in death by her daughter: Donna Sue Biggs; grandson: Albert Biggs; son-in-law: Harold Biggs; son-in-law: Ralph Harrison; and brothers: Tandy Rice Perry and Dan German Perry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Spears will be held on Wednesday, May 11 at 2:00 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Joe Macer officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends from 1:00 p.m. until time for the service also on Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Ernest Pruitt, Thomas Fitzgerald, James McCord, Michael Pruitt, Joey Sullivan, Brandon Burress, and Adam Ladd.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of South Gate Church of Christ.
Williams Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements and online condolences may be made to the family at www.williamsfh.com .
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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