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Her Life
April 13, 2016

Mrs. Spears was born Sunday, November 29, 1931, in Gastonia, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Byrdie Hutto and George Oliver Mintz, Sr. She was a graduate of Lanett High School and went to Business School in Atlanta. Mrs. Spears retired from West Point Stevens with 40 years of service and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lanett. She was an avid University of Alabama and Atlanta Braves fan. She loved her cats.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Julie Kim and Walter Alford of Auburn, Alabama; her sons and daughters-in-law, Lynn and Gail Holley of Lanett and Mark and Dana Spears of West Point; her grandchildren, Matt Pilkington of Vine Mont, Alabama, Deborah Ann Carruth of Decatur, Alabama, Lindsey Weldon of Valley, Alabama, Chris Holley of Lanett, Alabama, Michael Spears of Auburn, Alabama, Zach Spears and Ben Spears both of West Point; and her nephew, Calloway Herring. Mrs. Spears was preceded in death by her husband, Archie Spears; her daughter Ellen Pilkington; her son Tiny Spears; her sister Marvalie Herring Cummings; her brother George Mintz, Jr.