Maxine Green

Funeral services for Maxine Green are scheduled for Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 2:00pm at Stewart Family Funeal Home with Rev. Darryle Dunks officiating. Burial will follow at New Harmony Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Saturday, March 28, 5:00-7:00pm at Stewart Family Funeral Home. Heaven gained a faithful, strong and proud Christian lady as Maxine, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, March 25 2015 at Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care in Tyler. Maxine was born January 19, 1933, in Martin’s Mill, TX to Olen and Gladys Cantrell. Maxine and Ray Green were married for 63 years, years bonded by their unending love and devotion to each other. Maxine was a teacher and librarian for Fort Bend Independent School District for 23 years. Upon her retirement in 1992, she and Ray relocated from Houston to their hometown of Tyler. Their lives were centered around their love of family and the Lord. Their active membership with Green Acres Baptist Church and loving service to others in need were mainstays and their focus in their daily lives. Her love of service to others touched many who had contact with her. She was active with International students, volunteering with Mercy Ships of Garden Valley, Wycliff Bible Translators, and the Care and Share Bible Study class of Green Acres. Volunteering and serving were Maxine’s true God given calling and she did it with loving devotion. Her love for Jesus resounded in all of her actions, words and prayers. Even during her trials with Alzheimer’s, her spoken prayers flowed with a beautiful ease and conviction that resounded with her love for the Lord. Maxine is preceded in death by her parents, Olen and Gladys Cantrell and brother, Robert Cantrell. She is survived by the love of her life, Ray, their children and spouses Steve and Jana Green of Houston, Greg and Lynda Green of Corinth and Lynde Lorimier of Nederland. Also surviving Maxine are her four grandchildren and their spouses: Jason and Amanda Green, D.J. Lorimier, Amy and Josh Meek, and Jared Lorimier, and 5 great-grandchildren: Carson Green, Logan Green, Rylie Meek, Annabelle Meek and Eli Meek, and brother and sister-in-law Jimmy and Virginia of Bullard. The family thanks Oak Hills Terrace Memory Care and Heart to Heart Hospice for their care, love and compassion for Maxine. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial or gifts be made to the Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County, 211 Winchester Drive, Tyler, TX 75701 or Heart to Heart Hospice 1402 Rice Road, Suite 100 Tyler, TX 75701 or Mercy Ships, P.O. Box 2020, Garden Valley, TX 75771.

Maxine Green

January 19, 1933 - March 25, 2015