Doris Spearman Lambert was born on October 20, 1927, and passed away in Sebring Advent Hospital on
October 6, 2022, missing her 95th birthday by 14 days. She was married to William Robert(Bobby)
Lambert for 59 years. Her parents were Reuel and Shellie Spearman. Since the age of 12, she was a
member of First Baptist Church of Wauchula and sang in the choir for over 50 years. Also, she was a
longtime member of the Wednesday Musicale and a charter member of the Junior Woman's Club. Her
work life included being a department manager at J. W. Earnest Department Store, owner of a
kindergarten, secretary for the Juvenile Court System, and teaching assistant in the Hardee County
Schools. For 38 years she sold real estate for Joe L Davis and Charles Shackelford Real Estate
respectively. In 1994 she opened Lambert Realty as a broker- salesman retiring at 87 years of age.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Butch Spearman, and son, Ken Lambert, she is
survived by one sister, Mary Helen Bond, and two children, Bill Lambert(Marie)and Lynn
Bennett(Randy), seven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. Admired and loved by many,
she was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and mentor to many in Hardee County
where she had lived her entire life. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM at First Baptist
Church in Wauchula, Thursday, October 13, 2022, with visitation and lunch for all attendees to
follow the service. A private interment for family only will follow at the Wauchula cemetery.