Bruna Lorretta Camp Segars, loving wife, treasured mother, and adoring grandmother, passed from this life Friday, June 30,2023 at the age of 76.
She is proceeded in death by her parents Rose and Fred Camp.
She is survived by her husband James Roland Segars; her children Michael Kirk Segars (Tanya), Monica Karol Copeland (Charlie), and Joy Ann Bowman; grand-children Amelia Rose Segars, Noah James Copeland, and Alexander Gabriel Segars; and brother, Tony Camp (Linda).
A graduate of Albertville High School in 1965, she was awarded class Valedictorian. She continued her education at Jacksonville State University where she completed a Bachelor of Science in Education and would go on to earn a master’s degree in both English and History. She taught middle school English at Albertville Middle School, Art at Culbertson Elementary, Culbertson, Montana, and was a History and English Professor at Gadsden State Community College.
On October 15, 1965, she married the love of her life James Segars. Together they raised three children, Kirk, Monica, and Joy. Lorretta was a very devoted mother. She was always tremendously proud of her children and loved sharing their accomplishments with friends.
In 2006 she fell in love again when she became a grandmother. She absolutely adored her three grandchildren, Mia, Noah, and Lex. She was a fantastic, doting grandmother always planning activities, playing games, baking cookies, and reading books. She could always be counted on to attend every ballgame, school program, golf match, or play. They were truly the joy of her life.
In 2013 she achieved a lifelong dream when she published her novel Sand in Tuscany. This story was inspired by her parents and is the inspiration for the documentary, The Final Word of World War II. Currently a screen play has been written from her novel with hopes of a Motion Picture being made.
There is so much that can be said about who Loretta Segars was and how much she meant to so many, that we could write volumes. Most importantly she knew Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Her family takes great comfort in knowing she is with Him today. She has no more pain and is dancing down the streets of heaven.
Services for Lorretta will be Monday, July 3, 2023, at Albertville Memorial Chapel. The family will receive condolences from 1:00 until 3:00 The funeral will follow at 3:00 with Joey Cannady and Kevin McAffe officiating. Pallbearers will be Noah Copeland, Lex Segars, Chuck Segars, Carey Segars, Robert Walker, Brandon Camp.
In Lieu of flowers please make donations in her memory to Shephard’s Cove Hospice.
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