Earline Brown

Earline Spear

88, a resident of Lincoln, Arkansas, passed away September 25, 2010 at the home of her son in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She was born August 26, 1922 near Marlow, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alvin and Jesse Kilgore Brown.

Earline's parents moved their family to Lincoln, Arkansas, in 1938. Earline married Alva Spear on October 27, 1939 in her senior year of high school at Lincoln High.

She worked in a grocery store in her younger days and retired from Franklin Electric in Siloam Springs after working there eighteen years.

Earline was a faithful member of the Summers Missionary Baptist Church where members and friends recently honored her and her close friend, Lois Norvell, with a birthday party for their 88th and 92nd birthdays, respectively.

She was preceded in death by her parents, all six of her siblings, and her husband, Alva, of 63 years.

Earline was a Proverbs 31 Woman. "Her children arise up and call her blessed...”

Alva and Earline were blessed with three sons: Randall Spear and his wife, Anna, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; David Spear and his wife, Karen, of Sutton, Alaska; and Dennis Spear and his wife, Twyla, of Lincoln, Arkansas; seven grandchildren: Randy, John, Mandy, Marc, Justin, Dana and Jessica; and twelve great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends, Sunday afternoon, September 26, from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m. at the Luginbuel Chapel in Prairie Grove.

Funeral Service will be held Monday, September 27, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. at the Summers Missionary Baptist Church in Summers, Arkansas, with Paul and Jeremy Young officiating. Interment will be in the Sugar Hill Cemetery near Lincoln, Arkansas. There will be no graveside service.

Honorary pallbearers will be Bud Cox, Bert Padgett, Les Pinkerton, Scott Ramsey, Carl Brown, Lois Norvell, Rosalie Glidewell, Jay Norton, George Schooler, and Raymond Jackson.

Memorials may be made to Gideons International or to Summers Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. The complete obituary may be viewed on the Luginbuel Web Page. To sign the online guest book, visit www.luginbuel.com