Obituaries:  Earl Maxey, Sabine Parish       M-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 18, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Earl Maxey

  On Saturday, Sept. 13, funeral services for Earl Maxie, 73, of
Grambling, were held at 10 a.m., in New Rocky Valley Baptist
Churcn, Grambling, and at 3:30 p.m. in New Jerusalem Baptist
Church, Many. Rev. L. D. Davis, pastor, under the direction of
Our Christian Funeral Home of Ruston. Interment was in New
Jerusalem cemetery.

  By request of the deceased, a former student, the Rev. Acy Doyle
McCraw, pastor of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Houston, Tex.,
delivered the funeral oration at each service. The Rev. McCraw is
a native of Many.

  Maxey expired after an extended illness. Sept. 9, in Linclon
General Hospital of Ruston.

  A native of Many, Maxie was a long time educator, and resident
of Sabine Parish, and Granbling State University.

  He served as the first town Marshall of Grambling, and was a
member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Masonic Lodge No. 144,
American Teachers Association, Pi Mu Epsilon, and the National
Education Association.

  Survivors include one daughrter, Mrs. Doris King of Trenton, N.
J.; two sons, Robert L. Maxie of Jacksonville, Fla., and Dr. Earl
K. Maxie of Los Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Levolia Gibson
of Many; three brothers, K. D., and T. A. Maxie of Many, and
Percy Maxie of Detroit, Mich.; six grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.

  It was the request of the deceased that in lieu of flowers,
etc., that memorial contributions be made the following; Sabine
High School Alumni, Maxie, Cole-Gibson Scholarship Foundation, in
care of Sabine State Bank and Trust Co., Box 672, Many, La.
71449.

  Due to the fact that Mr. Maxie was a motivating force in the
field of education in Sabine Parish, in Georgia, and at Grambling
State UIniversity, and in helping to initiate many other
organizations, e.g., the former LIALO, a Street was dedicated in
his name in the town of Grambling.

  As he was an inspiration to many during his lifetime, the
Foundation that he endorsed in a preceding paragraph was
initiated to inspire young scholars to accept the challenge to
move forward and upward.

  He was a graduate of Tuskagee Institute, Alabama, the recipient
of the M. S. degree.