MAXEY, Mattie Shields - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a. m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Fifth St. Church of Christ for Mrs. Mattie Shields Maxey, age 76, of 919 Jefferson St., who died Wednesday, Aug. 30, in a hospital in Macomb, Ill. She had been visiting near Macomb with a daughter, Mrs. Winifred Horney. Roger James, pastor of the Fifth St. Church of Christ, officiated. Burial was in Davis Cemetery at Fairmount, Ill., with the Hegg Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were: Chester Powell, Ted Hardy, Dale Thomas, Roy Rogers, Earl Allison and Richard Lewsader. Mrs. Maxey was born near Hillsboro, Ky., the daughter of W. L. and Mahala Shields. She was married at Mt. Sterling. Ky., in 1905 to Thomas Luther Maxey, who preceded her in death in 1959. Mrs. Maxey was a former resident of Fairmount, Ill., and was a member of the Fifth St. Church of Christ. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Horney, Mrs. Dolores Louck of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Sally Maddox of Fairmount, Ill., and Mrs. Norma Piatt of Monticello, Ill.; two sons, Carlyn Maxey of Veedersburg Rt. 2; and P. K. Maxey of San Jose, Calif.; and three brothers, Albert of Kenney, Ill., Erwin of Danville, Ill., and Harvey K. of Fairmount. She was preceded in death by a sister, two brothers and a son.  --typed by Walt W

Mrs. Mattie Shields Maxey, 76, of 1919 Jefferson St. in Covington, died, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 1961, at a hosipital in Malcomb, Ill.  She had been visiting with a daughter, Mrs. Winifred Homey, of Smithshire, Ill.