NAME: MARY MONTIE (HICKS) MAXEY, AGE 88, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 13, 1913 AT COLEMAN, OKLA TO JAMES W. AND LIZZIE BETH (DYER) HICKS.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2002 AT HER RESIDENT IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.

EDUCATION: MARY ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WILSON IN ATOKA COUNTY.

MARRIED: GEORGE WILLIAM MAXEY ON APRIL 28, 1928 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: MARY WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND A WONDERFUL MOTHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARY WAS A LONGTIME AND FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. S HE SANG IN THE CHOIR AND PLAYED PIANO MANY YEARS IN THE AREA NURSING HOMES. SHE LOVED QUILTING, GARDENING, AND GROWING FLOWERS.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: SIEGLE MAXEY AND WIFE JOYCE OF LAS CRUCES, NM. VERNICE OVERSTREET-WHITE AND HUSBAND CLIFF OF MIDLAND, TX. WENDELL MAXEY AND WIFE MAMIE OF ATOKA, OK. BARBARA JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. BONNIE JACKSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF TUSHKA, OK.

BROTHER: HERBERT HICKS OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

BROTHER IN-LAW: FRED SMITH OF PARKER, AZ.

22 GRANDCHILDREN, 40 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 23 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JAMES W. AND LIZZIE HICKS. HUSBAND: GEORGE MAXEY ON JUNE 8, 1978. CHILDREN: LOIS MAXEY AND JAMES MAXEY. SON-IN-LAW: DONALD JACKSON. GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW: KRISTI JACKSON. SISTERS: MINNIE HILL, ALMA SMITH, RUBY BUCK, ELSIE WOOD, ALLIE GREEN, AND LUCY SWEETEN. BROTHERS: HENRY HICKS AND LUTHER HICKS. GRANDAUGHTER: TWANA MAXEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO. ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) TERRY JACKSON, DON JACKSON JR., ROBERT MAXEY, ROY MAXEY, CURTIS MAXEY, DOUG OVERSTREET, KENNETH OVERSTREET, RICKY OVERSTREET, ROGER MINCHER, STEVE RICHARDSON, WENDELL MAXEY JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB FREDERICK, GENE BROOME, BOB DECKER, ALBERT COOK.