Irene

Spears

Irene Cannon Spears, 96, of Thomasville, passed away on Sunday, October 15, 2023 at Camellia Gardens of Life Care. Funeral Services will be held at Dawson Street Baptist Church on Saturday - October 21, 2023 at 11:00 am with Rev. Steve Brooks officiating. Interment will follow at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10:00 am - 11:00 am in the church Chapel. Irene was born to the late David Dewey Peters and Lillie Mae Hobby. She married the love of her life, Willie C. Cannon March 15, 1942, who preceded her in death on December 14, 1991. At the age of 11 she sewed her first dress and wore it to school, thus inspiring a lifetime of work as a Seamstress for her community and family.  She was able to take on any sewing project. There was nothing she could not create or fix. She worked many jobs during her long life, including time spent at the J.A. Jones Shipyard during WW2, Finney General Hospital, Sunnyland Packing Company, and she also worked as a Hostess/Waitress for The Plaza Restaurant for 39 years. She loved to tend to her garden of fresh flowers and vegetables, loved to cook, and was hardly ever seen without a camera in her hand taking pictures of her family, especially of her grandkids. She was a Life Member of the American Legion Post 31 & VFW and a member of Dawson Street Baptist Church. She will be loved and missed by all who knew her. Survivors include; her children, Patricia Truitt (Fred) and Norbert C. Cannon, both of Thomasville, grandchildren, Charlotte Hancock (James) and Jamie Truitt (Michele), both of Thomasville, and the late Shirley Waters, great-grandchildren, Arline Erven (Donny), Mitch Tanner (Cortney), Kayla Willis (Levi), Alaney Higgins (Donovan), Katelyn Hancock, Victoria Rountree, Randall Crowe (Tabitha), and Nolen Crowe (Jaeascha), 13 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by; her 2nd husband, James Spears, brothers, Ernest Peters, Hurbert Peters, Aaron Peters.