Lynne Spears


Lynne Irene Spears is an American author and mother of Britney Spears, as well as producer Bryan Spears and singer Jamie Lynn Spears.

Biography

Early life and family

Spears was born in Magnolia, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana to English mother Lilian Irene Portell, and Barney O'Field Bridges, an American G.I. In 1945, her parents met and married in Portell's native London. Spears's maternal great-grandfather, Edward Portelli, was a Maltese immigrant to the United Kingdom. Spears has an older brother, Barry "Sonny" Bridges. Their older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington, died of ovarian cancer.
On July 1976, she married James "Jamie" Spears. They got divorced on May 2002 and reconciled on November 2010. Lynne & Jamie have three children: son, Bryan James Spears and daughters, Britney Jean Spears & Jamie Lynn Marie Spears. They also have five grandchildren: grandsons Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline from Britney and granddaughters Maddie Briann Aldridge and Ivey Joan Watson from Jamie Lynn, and Sophia Alexandra Spears from Bryan.

Later life and fame

Spears owned and operated a day care in her hometown, Kentwood and later worked as a schoolteacher. In 1993, her daughter Britney joined the new Mickey Mouse Club for two seasons.

Books

Spears has co-written two books with her daughter Britney. The first, Heart to Heart, was published in 2000 as a biographical book about Britney. A Mother's Gift was a novel released in 2001 and has been adapted into a TV movie, Brave New Girl. A 2008 memoir, , followed. Spears is a devout Christian, and openly discussed this in her memoir.