Lola LaurineSpoonemore Bruce

Lola Laurine Spoonemore Bruce, 93, of St. Petersburg, FL passed away on October 29, 2012 at the Bayfront Medical Center of St. Petersburg.  Funeral services will be held at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, Friday at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Bill Shaddox officiating.  Burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Lola was born on February 26, 1919 in Greenville to Guthrie Curtis and Mattie Frances Pearce Spoonemore.  She married Raymond Milton Bruce on January 1, 1944 in Greenville.  She was a veteran serving with the Women’s Air Corp. and was a homemaker.  She was a member of the Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church of Dallas.

She is survived by her daughter, Donna Marie Bruce of St. Petersburg, FL; sisters, Ruth Curtis of Greenville, Jean & Billie Davis of Ft. Worth, Helen McCain of Mesquite; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Omer Ray Spoonemore; sisters, Frankie Jane Spoonemore and Hazel Jackson.