"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 110, No 13, p 415, Mar. 13, 1931.

Mrs. Anna Crandall Maxson was born near Lewistown, Ill., and entered into life while quietly sleeping in her bed, March 10, 1931, in her home at Gentry, Ark.

In 1869 she came with her parents to Farina, Ill., where she gave her heart and consecrated her life to Christ, being baptized by Charles M. Lewis, together with a class of thirty, uniting with that church and throughout her entire life living a consistent and exemplary Christian as taught by the Word of God.

In the closing hours of the year 1879 she was married to Russell J. Maxson at Farina, Ill., where they lived until 1878 when they moved to Nortonville, Kan., living there until 1892, when they removed to near Flandreau, S. D. Desiring a more equable climate they removed to Gentry, Ark., in 1899, where she has lived a most useful and inspiring life. The husband went on before her some fourteen years ago, but "Mother Maxson" has carried on - faithfully, efficiently, yet in the most beautiful humility until the end. Her brother, W. J. Crandall (Uncle Will), was with her, giving every care and attention for the closing weeks of her stay with us.

To their home there were born eleven children, all of whom remain except Celia who died in early womanhood. They are Darwin E. and Mrs. Myrtle Ricketts of Gentry, Mrs. Ora Lowell of Decatur, Ark., who all were near and ever careful of her welfare; Mrs. Susie Patterson of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Sylvia Lamphere of Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. Edith Main of Pomona, Fla.; Nathan J. and Mrs. Ethel Eyerly of North Loup, Neb.; George L. and Edwin R. of Battle Creek, Mich. These with thirty-nine grandchildren, twenty-one great-grandchildren, and a host of other friends and relatives join together in sorrow for our loss. She was always considerate for others, quick in sympathy, faithful in service. Farewell services by her pastor, interment in the beautiful cemetery at Gentry, Ark.