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Benton woman celebrates 100 years of living on the day after Christmas |
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Sunday, 23 December 2007 |
 LOUCILLE SPEARS will celebrate a century of living on Wednesday. (Courier photo by Lynda Hollenbeck)
This week also marks 100 years of life.
Loucille Spears will celebrate a century of living on Wednesday.
Born Dec. 26, 1907, in Calhoun City, Miss., she was a daughter of Elmer and Ella Freshour. She moved with her parents and two brothers to Arkansas to farm cotton.
The retired schoolteacher now resides with her daughter, Glenda Spangler, and husband Lorin. A separate apartment for Spears is attached to the Spanglers’ home on Carwin Drive.
After graduating from A&M College in Jonesboro (the institution that evolved into Arkansas State College and ultimately Arkansas State University), Mrs. Spears taught school in Mississippi County for 40 years.
In an interview at her home, she said she taught fifth grade.
Mrs. Spears is the widow of Leon Spears. The two were married for 69 years before his death in 1991.
The family resided in Lepanto, where he was a cotton farmer. They moved to Benton when his health began to fail.
Mrs. Spears has three grandchildren — Joni Baker, Cheri Green and Holli Treece — and three great-grandchildren — Jamie Baker and Cameron and Cole Treece.
Glenda Spangler said her mother was able to take care of most of her personal needs herself until about a year ago.
“She’s an amazing woman,” she said.
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