St. Clair County Obits

MAXINE L. CARROLL MEFFORD WILSON

Clinton Daily Democrat
19 November 2002 

Maxine L. Carroll Wilson was born July 28, 1934, in St. Clair County to Cecil Floyd and Elizabeth Hagan Carroll, and died Saturday, November 3, 2002, at her home in Jefferson City.
She married Jake Mefford Sr. in 1952. He preceded her in death.
She worked for Mott's Meat Company in Rockville until 1980. She moved to Deepwater in 1976 and lived there until 1998. She moved to Jefferson City when she was diagnosed with breast cancer to live with her daughter Toni. She then moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, to live with her grandson, Nik. She then returned to Jefferson City.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Elizabeth Carroll; two brothers, Archie Dale and Charles Edwin; one sister, Helen Lea Carroll Hawkins, and two grandsons, Darren Lee Sullivan and Lukus (Luke) LeeRoy Mefford.
She is survived by three brothers, James Carroll, Osceola, Leslie Carroll, Weaubleau, and Johnnie Carroll, Lowry City; two sisters, Linda Gurley, Deepwater, and Grace Finch, Independence; eight children, Toni Lee Dudenhoeffer and husband Mark, Jefferson City, Cathy Mae Brown and husband William (B. B.), Cape Girardeau, Jake Mefford Jr., Deepwater, Mary Frances Crabtree, Henley, Bonnie Charlene Allen, Raytown, Karol Ann Konop and companion Carl Buce, Deepwater, Terry H. Mefford and wife Angie, Gunn City, and Nora Yvonne Shuey and husband Brian, Tacoma, Washington, 20 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces and nephews, many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 6, 2 p.m., at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Osceola with Father tom Hermes officiating, under the direction of Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home. Burial was in the Lowry City Cemetery.