VERBOYLN 'PEGGY' JONES MAXSOM
August 12, 1933-October 7, 2012
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Verbolynn "Peggy" Maxson, age 79, was born August 12, 1933 and died October 7, 2012 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness.
An LPN with National Healthcare and River Park Hospital, she was the daughter of the late Verby Sterling and Beatrice Ellen Fisher Jones.
She attended Living Word Fellowship Church and Mt. Leo Church of Christ. She was married to Lowell M. Maxson who preceded her in death in 1976.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Georgia Farley and Patricia Owenby Gamble and four brothers, Clayton A., Carl A., Jerry S. and Joe Alfred Jones.
She is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Beatrice Ellen and Craig Andrew, Charlotte Ann and Eddie Hice, JoAnn "Jody" and Ricky Robertson and Julia Kay and Jim Young all of McMinnville; son and daughter-in-law, James Richard and Lorie Maxson of Broken Arrow, OK; step-son and step-daughter-in-law, Michael Lee and Wanda Maxson of Michigan; sixteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Oleda Crain of Middletown, DE, Margie and Morris Mason of McMinnville and Billie J. and Ralph Shoemaker of Shelby Township, MI and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2012 in High's Chapel with Jim Zlaten and Lane Dix officiating.
Burial will follow in the Jefferson Cemetery in DeKalb County, TN. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday and 9:00 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High's.
VERBOYLN 'PEGGY' JONES MAXSOM
August 12, 1933-October 7, 2012
McMinnville resident and DeKalb County, TN native Verbolynn "Peggy" Maxson, age 79, was born August 12, 1933 and died October 7, 2012 at NHC Healthcare McMinnville following an extended illness.
An LPN with National Healthcare and River Park Hospital, she was the daughter of the late Verby Sterling and Beatrice Ellen Fisher Jones.
She attended Living Word Fellowship Church and Mt. Leo Church of Christ. She was married to Lowell M. Maxson who preceded her in death in 1976.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Georgia Farley and Patricia Owenby Gamble and four brothers, Clayton A., Carl A., Jerry S. and Joe Alfred Jones.
She is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Beatrice Ellen and Craig Andrew, Charlotte Ann and Eddie Hice, JoAnn "Jody" and Ricky Robertson and Julia Kay and Jim Young all of McMinnville; son and daughter-in-law, James Richard and Lorie Maxson of Broken Arrow, OK; step-son and step-daughter-in-law, Michael Lee and Wanda Maxson of Michigan; sixteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Oleda Crain of Middletown, DE, Margie and Morris Mason of McMinnville and Billie J. and Ralph Shoemaker of Shelby Township, MI and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 2012 in High's Chapel with Jim Zlaten and Lane Dix officiating.
Burial will follow in the Jefferson Cemetery in DeKalb County, TN. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday and 9:00 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High's.
Family Members
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Carl Almon Jones
1922–2005
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Clayton Arvell Jones
1924–1986
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Georgia Nora Lee "Georgie" Jones Farley
1925–1993
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Joe Alfred Jones
1928–1929
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F. Oleda Jones Crain
1930–2015
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Margie Olivia Jones Mason
1936–2013
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Jerry Sterling Jones
1939–2008
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Billie Jean Jones Shoemaker
1941–2018
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Patricia Dian Jones Owenby
1944–2002
