On This Day In Alabama History: Lena Brock ‘Mom’ Speer Was Born

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Lena Brock “Mom” Speer of the Singing Speer Family, a popular gospel group that made more than 60 recordings, was born in Cullman County. George Thomas (G.T.) Speer, known as Tom, met Lena Brock, then 14, at an all-day gospel convention in Tennessee, and they married in 1920. To supplement their farm income, the couple taught music. By 1922, they turned their attention fully to music. As their family grew, they included their children and other relatives in the singing group. Fame came in 1941 when WSFA in Montgomery offered the group a 15-minute live gospel radio program. In the 1950s, the group expanded to television and making records. The group continued to perform even after G.T. died in 1966 and Lena passed away a year later. The group retired in 1998, the year the Speer Family group was inducted into the Gospel Music Association’s Hall of Fame.

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