Obituary of Wilma Jean Spears

Wilma Jean Spears, age 80, of Osage Beach, Missouri, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, Missouri. Wilma was born December 16, 1931 in Laurel Hill, Florida. She resided the majority of her life in Winter Garden/Clermont, Florida. For the past two years, she has resided at Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Wilma was a military wife, a homemaker, and a business entrepreneur. In her spare time she enjoyed gaming. Wilma is preceded in death by her parents; her mother, Willie Pearl Windham, and her father, Robert Tucker and step-father, Loran Windham; her first husband, James E. Spears and her second husband, Harry Richmond; and daughter-in-law, Tonya Spears. Wilma is survived by three sisters, Faye Fields and husband Tom, Opal Vanduzor and husband Fred, and Mary Ricketson; three sons, Robert (Eddie) Spears and wife Spring Spears of North Carolina, James (Bo) Spears and wife Jeanne of Colorado, and Patrick Kevin Spears of Missouri; seven grandchildren, Jennifer, David, Erica, Matthew, Jason, Kevin, Jessica and Max; nine great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and friends. Private family services will be held at a later date.