Lynne Spears

Lynne Irene Spears (née Bridges; born 1954) is an author and the mother of American pop singer Britney Spears and teen actress Jamie Lynn Spears. Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi. Her mother, Lilian Irene Portell (1924–1993), was a native of Hendon, London. Her father, Barney O'Field Bridges (1919–1978), was an American G.I.. In 1945, the couple married in Hendon. Her maternal great-grandfather, Edward Portelli, was Maltese and emigrated to England, where he married Alice Taylor. Spears has an older brother, Barry "Sonny" Bridges (born 1951), and had an older sister, Sandra Bridges Covington (1947–2007), who died of ovarian cancer. In 1975, she married James "Jamie" Spears (born 1952). They were divorced by 2002 and reconciled in 2010. The Spears have three children: son Bryan James (born 1977) and daughters Britney Jean (born 1981) and Jamie Lynn Marie…

Also Known As: Lynne Irene Bridges