Paula Spears Burch

January 23, 1968 - November 28, 2013

Services for Paula Spears Burch, 45, of Piedmont will be Sunday, December 01, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Donald Rader officiating. Burial will follow at Highway Church of God Cemetery in Fyffe, Alabama. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Ms. Burch passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at her home. Survivors include her parents, Ralph and Wanda Spears of Summerville, Georgia; one sister, Diane Spears Mitchell (William, Sr.) of Summerville, Ga and two nephews, William Mitchell, Jr. and Paul Mitchell. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be teachers of the Piedmont City School System. Ms. Burch was a resident of Piedmont for the past 21 years where she taught at Piedmont Middle School and Piedmont High School. She was a National Board Certified Teacher and had an Educational Specialist Degree from the University of Alabama. She was past president of the Piedmont Educational Association and was a member of Wellspring Church of God. Paula was preceded in death by her sister, Phyllis Kay Spears.