Lucille Lachicotte Spearman "Mom Lucille" Mrs. Spearman, 82, died Friday, October 3, 2008 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC surrounded by family after having a stroke. She was born May 14, 1926 to the late Albert Springs Lachicotte, Sr. and Lucille Pitt Lachicotte of Pawleys Island, SC. Lucille graduated from Winyah High School and Winthrop College. On December 11, 1948 she married Walter C. Spearman of Charlotte, NC. She lead the Winthrop field hockey team and swam competitively. Mrs. Spearman was always the true sports teacher, coach and cheerleader for each of her children's many sports activities including horseback riding, baseball, softball, basketball, and her favorite, football. After raising three children to school age, she began teaching kindergarten at Forest Hill Presbyterian Church and after ten years went to Charlotte Country Day School where she was a teacher's assistant for 26 years in the lower school. Lucille was loved by so many; her humble, loving and kind nature made all that met her feel special. In addition to her children, family, and family friends, her dearest love was her recently deceased husband who she had loved and cared for over sixty years. She is survived by her three children, Walter Spearman Jr. of Virginia Beach, VA, Lucille D'Jernes and her husband, Jeffrey of Waxhaw, NC, and Papua, New Guinea, and Patsi Davies and her husband, Randall of Ashville, Alabama; brother, George Pitt Lachicotte and his wife, Beau of Edisto, SC; sisters, Ethel Lachicotte Boyle Ripley of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Mary Dean Lachicotte Johnson of Pawleys Island, SC, and Eleanor Lachicotte Currin and her husband, Matt of Pensacola, FL; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Spearman was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Lloyd Lachicotte, and two brothers, Albert Springs "Boo" Lachicotte Jr. and Saint Julian Lachicotte. The family will receive friends Thursday evening, October 9, 2008 from 5:30 until 7:00 at Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service in Charlotte and on Friday evening from 6:30 until 8:30 at Mayer Funeral Home in Georgetown, SC. A funeral service for Mrs. Spearman will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 11, 2008 at All Saints Chapel in Pawleys Island, SC. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. There will be a reception for family and friend at the Tamarisk Beach house on Pawleys Island following the interment. Memorials may be sent to Wycliffe Bible Translators, PO Box 628200, Orlando, FL 35146 or Big Oak Ranch, PO Box 507, Springville, Alabama 32862. Arrangements are in the care of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service, online at www.hankinsandwhittington.com Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440