Bristol, Virginia, Obituaries:  Louise G. Maiden

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Bristol Herald Courier
March 14, 2003

Louise G. Maiden
     Louise Gooden Maiden, 77, of 408 Crockett St., Bristol, Va., died
Wednesday, March 12, 2003, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
     She was born in Bladen County, N.C., and had lived in Bristol most of her
life. She was a daughter of the late Alden and Ruth Hayes Gooden and the widow
of Robert H. Maiden. She was preceded in death by her son, Donald Maiden, and
her daughter, Bobbie Maiden.
     Mrs. Maiden was a member of the Belle Meadows Garden Club and Trinity
United Methodist Church.
     Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Becky and Jim Chandler of
Bristol Virginia, and Letticia and Tim Robeson of Raleigh; three sisters, Betsy
Barfield of High Point, N.C., Mary Ward of Clarkton, N.C., and Frances Adams of
Elizabethtown, N.C.; two brothers, McAuley Gooden of Elizabethtown and Jimmy
Gooden of Baton Rouge, La.; brother-in-law and friend, Bill Maiden of Bristol
Virginia; former daughter-in-law, Judy Diltz of Bristol Virginia; friend and
neighbor, Paulette Donahue; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews.
     The funeral service was conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Akard Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Amy Yeary Holmes, the Rev. Lester MacKinnon and her
nephew, Bill Ward, officiating. The committal service will be at 11 a.m. Friday
in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Darrin Maiden,
Tyler Robeson, Travis Robeson, Matt Chandler, Dave Roberts, Chris Phipps, Beth
Roberts and Leigh Beth Phipps. Honorary pallbearers will be Jason Belcher, Phil
Donahue, Jimmy Donahue, Carl Cunningham and Mike Fleming. The family received
friends prior to the service from 6-7:45 p.m.Thursday at Akard Funeral Home. E-
mail condolences to the family may be sent to akardfh@peercom.net.
     Akard Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Maiden.