Lynne Spears
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| Lynne Spears | |
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| Born | Lynne Irene Bridges May 4, 1955 McComb, Mississippi, United States |
| Occupation | Grade school teacher, Writer, Daycare operator |
| Spouse(s) | James Parnell Spears (1975-2002) |
| Children | Bryan James (32) Britney Jean (28) Jamie Lynn (18) |
| Parents | Lillian Irene Portell (1924-1993) Barnett Oldfield Bridges (1919-1978) |
Lynne Irene Spears (née Bridges; born May 4, 1955) is an author and the mother of pop singer Britney Spears and teen actress Jamie Lynn Spears.
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[edit] Personal life
Lynne was born in McComb, Mississippi. Her parents were Barney O'Field Bridges an American G.I. (1919-1978) and London-born Lilian Irene Portell (1924-1993) who married in Hendon, London 1945.[1][2] Spears has English and some distant Maltese ancestry through her maternal great-grandfather, Edward Portelli who was Maltese and emigrated to England where he married Alice Taylor.[3][4]. Spears has an older brother, Barry "Sonny" Bridges (born 1951) and older sister Sandra Bridges Covington (1947-2007). In 1975, Lynne married James "Jamie" Spears (born July 7, 1952), the father of her three children. She opened and worked in her own day care in the Spears’ hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, until Britney, then age 11, became a member of the new Mickey Mouse Club for the 1993-1994 season.
Biographers of Britney Spears cite Lynne Spears as the main driving force and support behind Britney's early career, however more recently in her memoir Through The Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World; Spears has gone on the record about her daughter's rise to stardom. In that she was not a pushy "stagemom" as the media make her out, but as the number one supporter of her daughter's fight to achieve her biggest dreams.
Spears achieved her Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching and began teaching in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana until Britney embarked on her second tour Dream Within a Dream Tour in 2001 when she was asked by Britney's management to join her daughter on tour. Feeling the need to watch over and protect her eldest daughter, Spears gave up her teaching role and accompanied her daughter on tour. Spears has a strong Christian faith, and openly discusses this in her memoir [4].
In 2007, Spears lost her older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington, to ovarian cancer.[5]
Spears has three grandchildren; grandsons Sean Preston Federline (born September 14, 2005) and Jayden James Federline (born September 12, 2006) to her eldest daughter Britney and former son-in-law Kevin Federline and granddaughter Maddie Briann Aldridge (born June 19, 2008) to her youngest daughter Jamie Lynn and fiancé Casey Aldridge.
In late July 2008, a representative of Spears revealed to the National Enquirer that in 1975, Spears was driving her injured brother to the hospital in Kentwood when she accidentally hit and killed 12 year old boy, Anthony Winters, who was riding his bicycle. A Spears representative subsequently released a statement.
"Anthony Winters and his friend were in the road on a curve on a bicycle. As Lynne rounded the curve she could not avoid the boy in the street as there was oncoming traffic in the opposite lane... Lynne realized the boy was struck immediately and to this day is grieved by the Winters’ loss of their son."[6]
[edit] Writing career
Spears has co-written two books with her daughter, Britney. The first, Heart to Heart, was published May 9, 2000 and is a biographical book about Britney. The second book, A Mother's Gift, is a novel released April 10, 2001 and has since been adapted to a TV movie, Brave New Girl. Her latest book, Through The Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World was released September 16, 2008. The memoir became a New York Times Bestseller.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Britney Spears' newly-discovered British family
- ^ Ancestry of Her daughter, Including Lynne Spears.
- ^ Ancestry of Her daughter, Including Lynne Spears.
- ^ a b Spears, Lynne; Craker, Lorilee (2008). Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World. Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. pp. 4. ISBN 1595551565.
- ^ Matthew’s Channel » 2007 » January
- ^ "Britney Spears' mother 'haunted by death of 12-year-old boy she killed in car accident'". Daily Mail. 2008-07-24. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1038172/Britney-Spears-mother-haunted-death-12-year-old-boy-killed-car-accident.html. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
- ^ "Lynne Spears to Write About "Dark Period of Britney's Life" in Memoir". Us Magazine. 2008-06-12. http://www.usmagazine.com/Lynne-Spears-to-Write-About-Dark-Period-of-Britneys-Life-in-Memoir. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
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