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Submitted: 3/4/21 • Approved: 3/4/21 • Last Updated: 3/7/21 • R394424-G394423-S3
March 5, 1925-May 21, 2020
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Sibyl Maxwell
March 05, 1925 - May 21, 2020
Sibyl Hooten Staggs Maxwell, 95 years of age, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020.
She was born in Klondike, Texas on March 5, 1925, the 7th of 9 children born to Carl and Rose Ella Hooten.
You cannot sum up 95 years of a well-lived life in a paragraph. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a great-great grandmother. She was a devout Christian woman who lived every day of her life according to God's word, as she understood it.
She wanted everyone to know the Lord as their personal Savior. If you knew Sibyl, you loved her and she loved you.
She always saw the best in everyone. Her family's nickname for her was "Pollyanna" and she was known for her wit and sense of humor. She believed that "the task that lies ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us."
Preceding her in death was her husband of nearly 50 years, Bert Harvey Maxwell; her parents and her siblings.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her children: Junie Staggs Chambers and husband Richard, Janie Staggs Pruitt, Cindy Maxwell Grubbs husband Joey and Jeff Maxwell and his wife P-Nut; 9 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Maxwell will lie in state at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains, 206 W. 1st, Borger on Monday, May 25 from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
There will be a come- and- go visitation on Tuesday, May 26 from 8:00 AM- 7:00 PM at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Brown's Chapel of the Fountains at 1:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Sibyl's favorite charity: The Gideons International, PO Box 97251, Washington, DC 20090-7251 or Gideons.org.
Services are entrusted to Brown Funeral Directors, Borger,
(Published by Brown Funeral Directors, Friday, May 22, 2020)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Sibyl Jane Hooten
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1925
Birth Place: Klondike, Delta, Texas, USA
Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Hooten
Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1925
Birth County: Delta
Father's name: Carl Hooten
Certificate Number: 17089
Roll Number: 1925_0008
Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Sibyl Jane Hooten
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1925
Marriage Date: 12 May 1968
Marriage Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bert Harvey Maxwell
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 39
Contributed on 3/4/21 by neldapat
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