Mary Ann Jeffreys Maxwell
Mary Ann Jeffreys Maxwell died Thursday morning, August 21, 2014 at her home. She was born in Wayne County on March 5, 1929 to the late James Talbot Jeffreys and Gay Pugh Jeffreys. Mary Ann attended Stratford College and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. She was a lifelong member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband James Louis Maxwell, Jr. She is also survived by four children and their children; daughter, Mary Ann Maxwell; daughter, Charlotte Maxwell Weaver and husband Harroll Hudson Weaver and children, Maxwell Jeffreys Weaver, James Harroll Weaver, David Hudson Weaver and wife Tracey Harrell Weaver and their children, David Hudson Weaver, Jr. and Leslie Forbes Weaver, and Kathryn Weaver Sumrell and husband Stephen Cale Sumrell and their children, Weaver Davenport Sumrell and Isabelle Kathryn Sumrell; daughter, Elizabeth Maxwell Yarboro and husband Thomas Richard Yarboro and their children, Thomas Richard Yarboro, Jr., Virginia Marshall Yarboro, Eleanor Maxwell Yarboro and Charlotte Ruth Yarboro; son, James Louis Maxwell, III and wife Gina Comer Maxwell and their children, Lily Page Maxwell and James Louis Maxwell IV. Mrs. Maxwell is also survived by one sister, Sara Jeffreys Gilliam and one brother, James Talbot Jeffreys, Jr.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Virginia Pugh Jeffreys, Elizabeth Jeffreys Hubard, and Irene Jeffreys Cornwell.
Services for Mrs. Maxwell will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to honor Mrs. Maxwell be made to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 200 N. James St., Goldsboro, N. C. 27530; The UNC Memory Disorders Program, C/O Medical Foundation of North Carolina, 880 MLK Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514; or Home Health & Hospice, 2402 Wayne Memorial Dr., Goldsboro, N. C. 27534.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM on Friday, August 22, 2014 at her home, 711 Lake Shore Drive, Goldsboro.
This story was originally published August 22, 2014 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Mary Ann Jeffreys Maxwell."