Ethel Mae Spires

December 19, 1938 - October 6, 2020

Ethel Mae Spires, 81, of Neeses, passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, October 9, 2020 at Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Samuel Leonard and the Rev. Henry Chavis officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 AM prior to the service. Mrs. Spires was born in Neeses, a daughter of the late John Thurston Spires and the late Junelle Williams Spires Holman. She was a member of the Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church where she taught Sunday School for many years. She was retired from Stone Manufacturing Company and Nursing Assistant at the Methodist Oaks. Survivors include brothers, J.T. (Linda) Spires, Richard “Leroy” (Shirley) Spires, Carl (Annette) Spires; sister, Palmer (Terry) McAlhany and a number of nieces and nephews. Mae was a “second Mother” to Theresa Spires and Melissa Carter. Mrs. Spires was predeceased by a brother, Arthur Spires and a sister, Betty McCollum and a special friend, J.E. Hutto. The family would like to extend a special thanks to all the volunteers who helped during the recent tornado and Lee and Darlene Hughes. Memorials may be made to Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church. A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcalhanyfuneralhome.com. Culler-McAlhany Funeral Home is assisting the family.