Obit of Maxine Nigh Renfrow (r516) - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Sandi Carter 16 Mar 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 3 March 2003 MAXINE NIGH RENFROW Maxine Nigh Renfrow, 83, of Duncan, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 1, 2003, in Duncan, OK. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 3, 2003, at Duncan Cemetery with Ron Stough officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Renfrow was born November 27, 1919, on the family farm southwest of Duncan to Geneva Frances Carruth and Lewis Elmer Nigh. The family lived in Duncan and Chickasha. She attended first grade at Union Hill Elementary School and then eventually graduated from Chickasha High School in 1935. She then attended David Lipscomb Christian College in Nashville, TN, for 2 years and then earned a BS in Education from Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha. During her first year of teaching at Locust Grove, OK, she met and married Tommy Lee Renfrow on April 11, 1943, in Duncan. They made their home in southwest Duncan for 48 years. Mrs. Renfrow taught at Empire School for 9 years and for 27 years at Irving Elementary in Duncan until her retirement after 37 years of teaching. She was an outstanding and successful teacher, loved and respected by her pupils and her fellow teachers. In addition to her passion for teaching, she enjoyed sewing, crafts, and ceramics and china painting. She was an active member of Eastside Church of Christ. She is a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, teacher and friend. Survivors include: 1 son and daughter-in-law: Benjamin and Zelda Renfrow, Duncan; 3 grandchildren: Raymond Alvin Renfrow, Terscia Diane Renfrow, Rita Kay Walser; 5 great grandchildren; 1 niece: Betty Atkinson, Shreveport, LA, and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters: Jewel Fay Latsos and Loyce Opal Nigh and her devoted husband, Tommy. Memorials in lieu of flowers may be made to the Eastside Church of Christ in Duncan. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html