Nell Ruth Spears Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Nell Ruth Spears (Virgie, Kentucky), who passed away at the age of 89, on August 19, 2021. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Nell Ruth Spears to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Noah Sherman and Eliza Pearl Ray Johnson; her husband Bobby E. Spears; her siblings, Noah Johnson Jr., Cecil Cline Johnson, Sadie Marie Banks, Nevel Joyce Burke and Vadney Irene Johnson; her half-brother Sherman Johnson; and her sons-in-law, Dean Tackett and Herman Little.
She is survived by: her children, Bobby Spears (Judith) of Pikeville, Terry Spears (Melissa) of Pikeville, Jerry Spears (Hope Page) of Long Fork, Anona "Ann" Little of Caney and Betty Tackett of Robinson Creek; her grandchildren, Billy Newsome, Noah Newsome, Dena Tackett Potter, Neal Spears, Karen Wallace, Emily Page and Jeffrey Trent Charles; and her great grandchildren, Oliver Spears, Kaitlyn Wallace, Lois Spears and Gabriel Clem.
She was an avid gardener and a dedicated volunteer fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and Pikeville College.
