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1947 Marilyn 2007

Marilyn Veneda Maxwell

August 9, 1947 — August 29, 2007

MARILYN VENEDA MAXWELLMulhearn Funeral HomeSterlington Road, Monroe, LA

Funeral services for Marilyn Veneda Maxwell, 60, of Monroe, will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, September 3, 2007, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, with Rev. Mike Holloway officiating. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Ms. Maxwell passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at St. Francis North Hospital after a long fight with her illness. Everyday was a struggle of life for so long. She is now in peace as our Heavenly Father promised. She was a 1966 graduate of Ouachita High School becoming valedictorian. She received her degree from Northeast Louisiana State University in psychology and Masters at LSU Baton Rouge. She was a very intellectual intelligent person. She was administrator of the Louisiana Eighth District Substance and Alcohol Abuse Program Clinic. She was instrumental in forming the Substance Abuse Clinic in Houston’s Methodist Hospital. She had a very strong sincere love for animals.

Ms. Maxwell was raised in the Baptist faith of the First Baptist Church of Monroe, later in life changing her faith to the Episcopal Church. She is preceded in death by her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Townsend Jennings; grandfather, Iley Jennings; grandmother, Genver Thornhill Maxwell; grandfather, Jessie Maxwell; a very special aunt, Violet Jennings Crabb; aunt, Myrtle Jennings Stewart; and stepfather, C. L. Logan.

Survivors include her mother, Blondell Maxwell Logan; father, Aubrey Maxwell; uncles, Bill Crabb of Houston, TX, and Travis Maxwell of Monroe; one very special cousin, Brenda Sue Maxwell Milton; special cousin, Max Maxwell of Houston, TX presently in Norway; and cousins, Barry Crabb and Kimberly Crabb Lamon of Houston, TX.

Pallbearers will be Bryan Milton, Jared Milton, Josh Milton, Brandon Milton, Steve Maxwell, and Nathan Maxwell.

Visitation will be Sunday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM and Monday from 9:30 until service time at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

The family wishes to extend Special Thanks to one very special cousin, Brenda Sue Maxwell Milton, who helped and cared so much during this time of illness. Thank you, thank you Brenda from the heart. You’re so special. Special humble thanks to Dr. David Barnes for his long service to Marilyn; and in appreciation and thank you to Dr. Barron with Dr. Leary’s office. Dr. Barron, a kind and humble of pride man, we thank you.

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