Florene Lora Lutz Spell

Florene Lora Lutz Spell age 96 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on February 6, 2021.  She is preceded in death by her parents Mary Norton and Ralph K Lutz, and her husband, C.D. Spell.

Florene was born in Carpenter, MS on August 29, 1924 to Mary Norton and Ralph Kenneth Lutz.  Her family relocated to Raymond, MS when she was three years old.  Florene was an only child. She attended Raymond High School and was very active in music playing piano and singing.  She graduated from Hinds Jr. College with a degree in Music with focus in Piano.

On June 20, 1944 she married C.D. Spell.  They were married for 66 years. They adopted their son, Kenneth Curtis Spell, and later gave birth to their daughter, Marcia Annette (Steve) Barker.  She was a stay-at-home mother until the children were in high school and junior high respectively and they lived in Vicksburg.  She worked at various retail establishments in Vicksburg and had a 17-year banking career at First National Bank of Vicksburg, MS.

She had two grandchildren, Jonathan Barker and Melody Barker, and three great grandchildren, Amelia Barker, Sasha Barker, and Lora Barker.

She attended church at First Baptist Vicksburg where she played piano and sang in the choir for over 50 years. In 2001 she and C.D moved to Georgia to be closer to her daughter and family. She and C.D. attended Pilgrimage Presbyterian Church and then First United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville.

She will be remembered as a committed, loyal wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and outgoing friend, neighbor, Church member and caregiver.  She loved giving to others and found it difficult to accept help from others.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:45 February 12, 2021 at Wages & Sons, 1031 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA.

Family requests that all in attendance wear masks and socially distance as per CDC guidelines.  In lieu of flowers the family is asking that donations be made to:

First United Methodist Church, Music Ministry, 395 W. Crogan Street, Lawrenceville 30046 or donate at FUMCLV.org/GIVE.

Or to CURE Childhood Cancer, 200 Ashford Center North, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30338 or online at: CUREChildhoodCancer.org

Graveside services will be conducted at Gwinnett Memorial Park, 925 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

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