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Lucille MAXBY

Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Phillips County,
Arkansas

June 10, 1928 - Aug 31, 2009
Order of the Eastern Star

LUCILLE'S OBITUARY
In the warmth of a Summer day, in the state of Louisiana, in the year of our Lord 1928, in the month of June and the 10th day, Lucille Cooks was born to Beatrice Page Cooks and George Nelson Cooks. When Lucille was a baby, her mother Beatrice became very ill and she and Lucille moved to Arkansas City, Arkansas to be close to Beatrice's mother, sisters and brother. After this illness, Lucille's mother, Beatrice died but that's not how the story ends. Our God ALWAYS has a "ram in the bush". In this case, the rams were Jack and Carrie Page, who came to Arkansas City to get their child, Lucille Cooks, whom they raised. She gave Christ her life at a very early age and was a very active member of the King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church from her youth. After years and years of being a member of King Solomon M.B.C., she moved her membership to Christ Temple Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Elder M.A. Dismuke, where she continued to grow in Christ. Christ Temple was Mother Maxey's church home for many years and many wonderful memories were made there. She was later led to move on to a newly formed church by the name of New Haven where she went to help paint and do whatever she could. Little did she know that the Holy Spirit would direct her to settle there as a church home. During her lifetime of service to the Lord, she served on the Usher Board and as Youth Supervisor for many years. She was also a member of the choir, a Pastors Aide Nurse and Mother of New Haven Missionary Baptist Church. She was very active in getting children involved in working in the church by producing plays, organizing a choir and taking children from church to church to perform, all for the cause of Christ. She never took any credit for herself, she just enjoyed watching her kids perform, and they all were her kids, the good and the "bad". She never turned a kid away and loved working with the young people throughout Helena-West Helena and Phillips County. Although poor, she always had enough food to feed everybody. Mother Maxey started the first black Boys Club at her small house in the 1960s. When boys got into trouble, she would help them. She even got the Police Department to donate a couple pairs of boxing gloves so the boys could box instead of fight. They used the small area between Ms. Thelma Perkin's house and Mrs. Maxey's house for the boxing. Anything for the children. Some of the community choirs she founded and supervised for years were Youths of Today and Ambassadors for Christ Youth and Young Adult Commission and the production of "The Prodical Son". Lucille attended school at Eliza Miller High School in West Helena. She later met and married the love of her life, Arlandus Maxey (who preceded her in death along with her parents Jack & Carrie Page and 1 son, James Arlandus Maxey). To this union 5 children and a host of beloved and precious grandchildren and great-granchildren were born. As women of her era did, she worked the land to provide for her children and diligently cared for her home. Her favorite things to do were to go to church and listen to gospel music. In her spare time she enjoyed fishing, gardening and fine dining. She also loved to travel and often talked about the places she visited while traveling abroad in Germany and other destinations with her husband during his military career. Mother Maxey's loving presence will truly be missed by many but her legacy will live on.

To My Family: The day will come when the Lord will come and take me home; I will no longer roam. Don't cry for me, because I will be free; to sing around God's throne. There is one thing you must remember; you can open up this box but I won't be there; I will already be gone home with Jesus my King and all of my friends who have gone on before me. I will tell him all of my troubles, how I made it through the storm and rain. THIS IS MY TESTIMONY With love to all the children From: Mom

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Contributed on 9/11/20 by hawkinsdonna48
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Submitted: 9/11/20 • Approved: 9/11/20 • Last Updated: 9/14/20 • R1338704-G1338704-S3

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