Obituaries

Maxine Bowling

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Beaurie Maxine Bowling passed away Saturday morning January 12, 2019. She was preceded in death by her son, Jackey Hefley; her husband, Kenneth Hefley; her second husband, Harold Bowling; her sister, Joyce Frederick; and her sister, Lillian Hefley. She is survived by her brother, Charles Brown; her sister, Darris Kerfoot; her sister, Berneice Brasel; her sister, Margaret; her sons, Kerry and Eugene Hefley; her 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Maxine was privileged to have been born into her mother Ruby's family, the Davis' and her father Forest's family, the Brown's. She also enjoyed the privilege of being a part of her husband Kenneth's family, the Hefley's, and her second husband Harold's family, the Bowling's. Maxine worked as a nurse at Baptist Hospital, in Little Rock, where she led the patients on the psychiatric floor in a weekly Bible study. She joined her son, Kerry, at Bryan College where she was the college nurse and surrogate mother to hundreds of young people. She worked as nurse at Newton County Nursing Home in Jasper, Arkansas. Maxine served several years as the camp nurse at Rock Haven Bible Camp. The funeral for Maxine will be Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the rock church, at Yardell Chapel, on Highway 123. She will be buried with a graveside service immediately after the funeral, at Mt. Judea Cemetery beside her husband Kenneth. Coffman Funeral Home in Harrison, Arkansas, will be responsible for the funeral. The pallbearers will be family and friends. Leo Dye will be officiating. Maxine loved Rock Haven Bible Camp. June and Marie, as a part of that ministry, played a major role in Maxine coming to know Jesus Christ as her personal savior. Please feel free to make a donation in her memory to Rock Haven Ministries at P.O. Box 40, Hasty, Arkansas, 72684 for Tim and Donna Bartlow who serve at the camp.

Published January 15, 2019

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