Lynne Spears

Infobox Person
name = Lynne Spears
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birth_date = birth date and age|1955|5|4
birth_place = McComb, Mississippi, United States
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occupation = Grade school teacher, writer
spouse = Jamie Spears (1975-2002)
grandchildren = Sean Preston (2005), Jayden James (2006) and Maddie Briann (2008)
parents = Lillian Woolmore and Barnett O'Field Bridges
children = Bryan (age|1977|4|19)
Britney Jean (age|1981|12|2)
Jamie Lynn Marie (age|1991|4|4)
sibling = Barry Bridges
Sandra Bridges Covington (deceased)

Lynne Irene Spears (née Bridges) (born in McComb, Mississippi on May 4, 1955) is an author and the mother of pop singer Britney Spears and teen actress Jamie Lynn Spears.

Personal life

In 1975, Lynne married Jamie Spears (born July 7, 1952), the father of her three children. She taught grade school 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.

Spears allegedly sold the story of her daughter's (Jamie) pregnancy story to "OK!" for $1 million dollars. [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/business/media/02ok.html|title=For Celebrity Magazine, Pregnancy Is a Bonus|date=2008-01-01|publisher=New York Times]

In 2007, Spears lost her older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington, to ovarian cancer. [ [http://tomgreen.com/blogs/matthewsblog/2007/01/ Matthew’s Channel » 2007 » January ] ]

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. The Winter's family has not forgiven Lynne and blames her for the loss of their son.

"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." [cite news|title=Britney Spears' mother 'haunted by death of 12-year-old boy she killed in car accident'|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1038172/Britney-Spears-mother-haunted-death-12-year-old-boy-killed-car-accident.html|work=Daily Mail|date=2008-07-24|accessdate=2008-07-29

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, "" was released September 16, 2008. [cite web|title=Lynne Spears to Write About "Dark Period of Britney's Life" in Memoir|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/Lynne-Spears-to-Write-About-Dark-Period-of-Britneys-Life-in-Memoir|work=Us Magazine|date=2008-06-12|accessdate=2008-07-29]

References

ee also

*List of stage mothers