Background
Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, to English mother Lilian Irene Portell (1924–1993), and Barney O"Field Bridges (1919–1978), an American G.I. In 1945, her parents met and married in Portell"s native London.
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Lynne Spears
Edit Profilewriter Grade school teacher daycare operator
Career
Early life and family
Spears"s maternal great-grandfather, Edward Portelli, was a Maltese immigrant to the United Kingdom. Spears has an older brother, Barry "Sonny" Bridges (born 1951). Their older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington (1947–2007), died of ovarian cancer.
Later life and fame
Spears owned and operated a day care in their hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana and later worked as a schoolteacher.
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Religion
Christian