Lynne Spears

Lynne Irene Spears (ne Bridges; born 1955)[1] is an World, followed.[12] Spears is a devout Christian, and
American author and mother of lm and television pro- openly discussed this in her memoir.[4]
ducer Bryan Spears, pop singer Britney Spears, and country singer Jamie Lynn Spears.

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Biography

Britney Spears
Jamie Lynn Spears

Early life and family

4 References

Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, to English

mother Lilian Irene Portell (19241993), and Barney
O'Field Bridges (19191978), an American G.I. In
1945, her parents met and married in Portells native London.[2][3] Spearss maternal great-grandfather,
Edward Portelli, was a Maltese immigrant to the
United Kingdom.[3][4] Spears has an older brother, Barry
Sonny Bridges (born 1951). Their older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington (19472007), died of ovarian cancer.[5][6]

[1] Britney Spears Biography. Yahoo!. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

[2] Britney Spearss newly discovered British family
[3] Ancestry of Her daughter, Including Lynne Spears.
[4] Spears, Lynne; Craker, Lorilee (2008). Through the
Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid
World. Tennessee: Thomas Nelson. p. 4. ISBN 1-59555156-5.

In 1975, she married James Jamie Spears. They were

divorced in 2002[7] and reconciled in 2010.[8][9] Jamie
and Lynne Spears have three children: son Bryan James
(born 1977) and daughters Britney Jean (born 1981) and
Jamie Lynn Marie (born 1991). They also have four
grandchildren: grandsons Sean Preston Federline (born
2005) and Jayden James Federline (born 2006) from Britney and granddaughters Maddie Briann Aldridge (born
2008) from Jamie Lynn and Sophia Alexandra Spears
(born 2011)[10] from Bryan.[11]

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[5] Lynne Spears Visits Sisters Grave Amid Crisis. People.com. January 5, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2008.
[6] Lynne Spears Speaks: 'Just Say Prayers". People. January 4, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
[7] Britneys Next Act. People. September 2, 2002. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
[8] Britney Spearss Divorced Parents Reconciling. People.
November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Later life and fame

[9] Report: Britney Spears parents reconciling. MSNBC.

November 16, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Spears owned and operated a day care in their home- [10] Shes growing up so fast! Jamie Lynn Spearss daughter
town of Kentwood, Louisiana and later worked as a
Maddie joins mom and Grandma Spears on a shopping
schoolteacher. In 1993, her daughter Britney joined the
trip. Daily Mail. May 7, 2012.
new Mickey Mouse Club for two seasons.

[11] Britney Spears Lynne Spears: 'Family Troubles Are

In The Past'". contactmusic.com. October 9, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

Books

[12] Lynne Spears to Write About Dark Period of Britneys

Life in Memoir. Us Magazine. June 12, 2008. Archived
from the original on July 14, 2008. Retrieved July 29,
2008.

Spears has co-written two books with her daughter Britney. The rst, Heart to Heart, was published in 2000 as
a biographical book about Britney. A Mothers Gift was
a novel released in 2001 and has been adapted into a TV
movie, Brave New Girl. A 2008 memoir, Through the
Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid
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