I can look back over my life of nearly 75 years now and count on one hand the number of Godly women that have impacted my life so dramatically as Grandma Maxine Smith. I loved her dearly, and she loved me. It seems that God always sent me exactly who I needed when I needed them and Grandma Maxine came into my life at a time when God was restoring the things I never dreamt would be restored – the love and affection of a Grandma, for instance. You see, all my Grandmas had gone to heaven and God must have known how much I still needed one, so He sent me Grandma Maxine to fill a huge hole in my heart and fill it she did, right along with Grandma Irwin, my natural Grandma who had gone to be with Jesus many years before, and with Vestal Goodman, another of my adopted Grandmas. Vestal held us all together when we were being torn apart in our great time of testing back in the ‘80’s. She was a great woman of God, and she loved us unconditionally. Continue reading →
Our beloved Grandma Maxine left this earth and went to her heavenly home to be where she longed to walk with Jesus.
Lori and I, our children and grandchildren and the entire family of Morningside will miss her smile, her amazing love for all of us and her incredible ability to make anyone she met a part of her family. We have all been deeply honored and blessed to be a part of her life and share her joyful friendship and passion for our Lord!
Grandma Maxine was such a unique and loving presence in our family and was so very proud to be the first person to move into a condo here at Morningside. There was very little here at that time, but she brought the Light of Loving Jesus with her to this place and we have enjoyed every moment we have had with her!
The Celebration of her life will be held Sunday, December 7th here at Morningside 180 Grace Chapel Rd, Blue Eye, MO 65611 with Visitation beginning at noon CT, Memorial service at 1:00 P.M. CT and Burial at Bluff Cemetery, 269 Randall-Wobbe, Springdale, Arkansas, 72764 at 4:00 P.M.
The Memorial service will also be streamed on our website and Roku channel for those unable to attend.
We celebrate with great joy the life of Grandma Maxine and we ask for prayers for her son Jimmy and his wife Karen as they say goodbye with us. We will miss her very much!
Love,
