Constance A. Spearman

Constance Alfreda Spearman, was born in Queen Anne’s County on January 26, 1939. She made her peaceful transition from her earthly life, to her heavenly home on October 4, 2014. Constance was the eldest of four and the only daughter, of the late Elwood and Catherine Hawkins. She graduated in 1957 from Kennard High School in Centreville, Maryland. Constance attended Coppin State College and Morgan State College. Constance taught for one year at Centreville Elementary School. Constance was affectionately known as “Freda” to family, neighbors, and close friends. In June of 1958 she married Walter F. Spearman; he preceded her in death in 1965. Constance moved to Colorado for a period of time. She returned to Maryland, first to Baltimore City and finally returned to the Eastern Shore. Her professional career was spent with The Choptank Electric Company, from which she retired after twenty-three years of service. Freda was a member of The New Life Community United Methodist Church, The United Methodist Women, Union of Electric Workers, The Hospice Foundation Inc., and her beloved Car-Ken-Tal-Que-Dor Chapter of the Black Professional Women, Inc. until her health would not allow her to actively participate. Freda was always a supportive and nurturing person. She helped her parents rear her youngest brother and niece. Freda cared for her parents during their illnesses. In addition to family, she always aided neighbors in the community by transporting the elderly to and from doctor appointments, picking up prescriptions and grocery shopping. All this was done after her stroke. It was nothing to find a neighbor temporarily in her home, to ensure their medication and meals were on schedule and more important, that they were not alone. Freda derived great pleasure from family gatherings, bowling, pinochle and bingo. She leaves to cherish her memory, three brothers and sisters-in-law, William J. and Yvonne Hawkins, Elwood H. and Arlene Hawkins and Wendell L. and Tricia Hawkins and a special niece Lisa E. Pelt, (the daughter she never had), a host of additional nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Constance A. Spearman, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Constance A. Spearman

January 26, 1939 - October 4, 2014