![]() ![]() ![]() At the time, the water was just barely pooling under the wheels of his tractor, but he would quickly be topped over by rapidly rising floodwaters.'That's when I remember him saying: "I'm going to go back again to see how things are up there, to check on the tractor" 'It was still raining out,' Louise said.The 70-year-old returned home where he had breakfast with his wife, before deciding to head back out again.She revealed Wayne had woken up earlier that morning to check on his equipment at the ranch after a night of torrential rain.In an exclusive interview with, Wayne's widow, Louise Spears described what turned out be their final moments together.Wayne Spears was among the 22 people killed in the catastrophic floods in Tennessee after 17 inches of rain fell over parts of the state in a 24-hour period.EXCLUSIVE: 'He kissed me and said I'll be back in a bit.' Widow of Loretta Lynn's ranch foreman tells how she microwaved him a Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit and he went off to check his tractor when he was suddenly swept to his death by rising floodwaters ![]()
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