Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jonas Jefferson  Maxwell October 31 1977
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Cairo Messenger, November 4, 1977
Jonas Jefferson Maxwell, age 76, a prominent Grady Countian, passed away at 
Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville on Oct. 31, after a brief illness.

Impressive final rites were held at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2 at the Pine Level Baptist 
Church north of Cairo, with Rev. Freeman Allen officiating, with interment by 
Clark Funeral Home, in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo. 

Active pallbearers were Willie Arnett, Doyle Griner, Grady Maxwell, Wilburn 
Maxwell, Manuel Maxwell, Lamar Maxwell.  Honorary pallbearers were Earl Bell, 
Wynburn Bell, Jeff Davis, George Shiver, Kiah Owens, Lesley Barrett, Jessie 
Hobby, Wesley Collins, Willard Powe, Howard Harrison, Walter Godwin, Fred 
Norton, Eldron Whigham, R. F. Willis, Ronald Waldron, R. L. Ferrell, Hurshel 
Harrison, Melton McKown, E. E. Powe, George Bond, Bill Griner, Ed Harrell, 
Eugene Harrison, Robert Ready, Bernard Tuggle and Lynn Womble.

Mr. Maxwell was born in Grady County on Sept. 15, 1901 to the late William 
Franklin (Billy) and Lula Bell Whigham Maxwell and on April 30, 1921 he was 
married to the former Miss Ethel Mae Griner, who survives.  He had spent his 
entire lifetime in this area engaged in business, and was a member of Pine 
Level Baptist Church.

Mr. Maxwell's survivors include a devoted wife, Ethel Mae Maxwell, Cairo; one 
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Knickle, Cocoa, Fla.; five sons, Vaughn Maxwell, Atlanta, 
James Maxwell, Titusville, Fla., Jonas Jefferson Maxwell, Jr., Gainesville, 
Fla., Billy Maxwell, Live Oak, Fla.,and Albert Maxwell of Hudson, Fla.; 12 
grandchildren and three great granddaughters; two brothers, Grady Maxwell, 
Cairo and David N. (Bud) Maxwell, Cairo; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Sutton, 
Cairo, Mrs. Sarah Arnett, St. Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. Gussie Scarborough of 
Groover City, Calif.

Clark Funeral Home of Cairo was in charge of arrangements.    


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