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Rev Leland Otis Maxey

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Rev Leland Otis Maxey

Birth
Ecru, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
Death
11 Jan 2006 (aged 77)
Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, USA
Burial
Wake Village, Bowie County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Husband of Gwendolan Jean Nettles Maxey. They married about 1948, in TX. Leland married 2nd to Pauline Harriet [Taylor] Shuttleworth Johnson Maxey, abt 1986 in TX. His parents were William Henry & Beulah Cordell [McMillen] Maxey. He is recorded on the 1930 Census with his parents in Union Co Mississippi, 1 year old. He was listed with 2 other siblings, Ruth Maxey (5), and Neil Maxey (3). He was born in Pontotoc Co MS, at 1yr old, but was living in Union Co MS, bordered with and just north Pontotoc Co.

Lelands second Wife Pauline was the daughter of John Mitchell Sr & Alice Izola [Waters] Taylor. She is buried with were second husband, Harrel Curry "Harold" Johnson, in Cass Co TX, as a Johnson. Her first husband died in WWII, Charley O Shuttleworth.

The late Reverand Leland is recorded frequently on Bowie County Obituaries, officiating many burials of our folks in Bowie County Texas. His residence was in Texarkana Miller Co AR.

Obituary: (Source Unknown)
(Edited to remove living children's names)

Leland O. Maxey, 77,of Atlanta, Texas, died Wednesday, January 11,2006, in an Atlanta hospital. The Rev. Maxey was born July 17,1928, in Ecru, Miss. He was a retired minister and member of the Southern Baptist Association, Enon Baptist Association and Smyrna Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two precious wives, Gwendolyn Nettles Maxey of 36 years and Pauline Taylor Maxey of 18 years. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, one brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Marie Maxey of Booneville, Miss.; four grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Smyrna Baptist Church, Smyrna community, with the Revs. Chuck Stevenson, Dee Cruson, J.P. Skinner, Gene Parker and Dwayne Lemmon officiating. Burial will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens, under direction of Chapelwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family will be at 306 Pin Oak, Atlanta.
Husband of Gwendolan Jean Nettles Maxey. They married about 1948, in TX. Leland married 2nd to Pauline Harriet [Taylor] Shuttleworth Johnson Maxey, abt 1986 in TX. His parents were William Henry & Beulah Cordell [McMillen] Maxey. He is recorded on the 1930 Census with his parents in Union Co Mississippi, 1 year old. He was listed with 2 other siblings, Ruth Maxey (5), and Neil Maxey (3). He was born in Pontotoc Co MS, at 1yr old, but was living in Union Co MS, bordered with and just north Pontotoc Co.

Lelands second Wife Pauline was the daughter of John Mitchell Sr & Alice Izola [Waters] Taylor. She is buried with were second husband, Harrel Curry "Harold" Johnson, in Cass Co TX, as a Johnson. Her first husband died in WWII, Charley O Shuttleworth.

The late Reverand Leland is recorded frequently on Bowie County Obituaries, officiating many burials of our folks in Bowie County Texas. His residence was in Texarkana Miller Co AR.

Obituary: (Source Unknown)
(Edited to remove living children's names)

Leland O. Maxey, 77,of Atlanta, Texas, died Wednesday, January 11,2006, in an Atlanta hospital. The Rev. Maxey was born July 17,1928, in Ecru, Miss. He was a retired minister and member of the Southern Baptist Association, Enon Baptist Association and Smyrna Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two precious wives, Gwendolyn Nettles Maxey of 36 years and Pauline Taylor Maxey of 18 years. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, one daughter and son-in-law, one brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Marie Maxey of Booneville, Miss.; four grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Smyrna Baptist Church, Smyrna community, with the Revs. Chuck Stevenson, Dee Cruson, J.P. Skinner, Gene Parker and Dwayne Lemmon officiating. Burial will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens, under direction of Chapelwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family will be at 306 Pin Oak, Atlanta.


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  • Created by: Mike White
  • Added: Feb 4, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84479182/leland_otis-maxey: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Leland Otis Maxey (17 Jul 1928–11 Jan 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84479182, citing Chapelwood Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum, Wake Village, Bowie County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Mike White (contributor 47543185).