Lanette Spears

Services will be held at 11:00 am, Thursday September 1, 2022 at McClain-Hays Chapel. Interment will be in the Linwood Cemetery. Rev. Mike Skinner and Rev. Dudley Winstead will officiate. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at McClain-Hays Funeral Service. Ms. Lanette Spears was a native of Sebastopol and longtime resident of Linwood Community Neshoba County. She formerly worked at Union Planters and Citizens Bank and later as a bookkeeper at Neshoba Central Middle School. She was a member of Linwood Baptist Church, where she served as church pianist for several years. She is survived by her 2 sons, Wesley Spears (Brandi) of Union, Nathan Spears (Reagan) of Philadelphia; 2 grandchildren, Chase Spears and Colin Spears; sister, Hilda Walton (Charles) of Decatur; a host of nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband Ken Spears; mother, Melba Jean Cooksey; father, Clay Graham; sisters, Marlene Anthony and Leigh Peoples. In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials be made to Linwood Cemetery Fund or the ALS Foundation at als.org