Graveside Services for Nadine Maynard, 102, of Purcell were held Monday, June 8, 2020 at Hillside Cemetery in Purcell. Services were under the direction of the Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.
Mrs. Maynard passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
Thelma Nadine Dyer was born January 27, 1918 in Marshall, Ark., the seventh of eight children born to William and Roxie Dyer. She was raised in Marshall and attended school there, graduating with the Class of 1937.
Nadine married Bill Maynard on January 6, 1940 in Shawnee. They made their home in Washington, where together they raised two sons, Jerry and Gary. After the boys were grown, they bought a farm near Wayne.
Nadine worked tirelessly as a homemaker, caring and providing for her family. Nadine loved playing golf with Bill, and they fondly recalled playing on sand greens when they started. She was a member of the Purcell Lady’s Golf Association for more than 20 years.
She was a member of the Wayne Home Extension Club and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Purcell, where she taught the Adult Lady’s Sunday School Class. She was a woman of great faith; a wonderful mother and grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be dearly missed!
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Maynard; her parents, William and Roxie Dyer and siblings, Ralph Dyer, Virginia Horton, Raye Burton, Jimmy Dyer and infants, Ruth and Paul.
Nadine is survived by her sons, Jerry Maynard and wife, Margaret, of Purcell and Gary Maynard and wife, Donna, of Lexington, S.C.; her sister, Mary Jane Holder of Harrison, Ark.; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Martin and husband, Alan, of Tulsa, Roxanne Maynard of San Antonio, Texas, James Maynard and wife, Tori, of Austin, Texas, Jennifer Brewer and husband, Lee, of Purcell and Travis Maynard and wife, Ashley, of Charleston, S.C.; 10 great-grandchildren, Lindsay, Cole, Zachary, John, William, Van, Seth, Ty, Bailey and Paxton and a host of other family and friends.
Online condolences may be made at wilsonlittle.com.
