Maxine Thurman

October 25, 1927 - August 14, 2016

Bernice Maxine Smith Thurman, 88, passed away at home on Sunday August 14, 2016. She was born October 25, 1927, in Allen Line community of Prentiss County to William Arnold Smith and Rausie Ethel Pardue Smith. She completed grade school at the Allen Line two-room school and graduated from New Site High School in 1945. She was then employed as a nurse’s aide at the old Booneville Hospital. She later entered the Doster School of Nursing in Columbus, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1950. She enjoyed traveling and nursing in several hospitals across the United States. She met her husband, Winfred, in Houston, Texas where they resided for forty years. Upon his retirement they returned to Booneville in 1988. She was a member of the Park Memorial Baptist Church in Houston. She was a nature enthusiast and enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening. Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at 2:00 P.M.at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Carter Smith officiating and Jackie Smith assisting. Burial will be in Liberty Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday from 11:00 A.M. till service time. She is survived by her husband of nearly 60 years, Winfred Everett Thurman; one brother, Glen Smith (Jo Ann) of Booneville; two nieces, Vicki Stutts (Randy) and Cindi Lovell (Keith) all of Booneville; one great-niece, Hollie Breedlove (Brad) and their daughter Cara of Booneville: two great-nephews, David Stutts of Hermitage, Tenn. and Austin Lovell of Booneville. She was preceded death by her niece, Jo Smith and her great-niece, Carleigh Vick.