A funeral service was held for Maxine Corey, 93, of Canton, was held Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Tundra Baptist Church under the direction of Eubank Funeral home, Bro. Steve Glosup and Jeffery Corey officiating.

Maxine went home to the Lord on June 2, 2022, in Tyler. She was born on October 20, 1928, in Tundra Community near Canton to Johnny Pugh Ayers and Hazel Carter Ayers.

She grew up in the Canton area. She married the love of her life, Robert Corey, on May 20, 1947. The couple had 46 beautiful years together and raised a family of two boys, Robert and Buster and four girls, Paula, Linda, Vicki, and Sherry. Maxine was a longtime member of Tundra Baptist Church. She was a dedicated volunteer of Bible School and other events at the church. She always looked for the good in people, never seeing the wrong. Maxine was an avid reader of her Bible and she lived as an example of the wonders of Jesus’ teaching. She enjoyed crosswords, crocheting, sewing, and going on sister trips. Maxine enjoyed a good round of bingo, but what she loved and was the most precious to her was the Lord and her family.

“If a rose grows in heaven, pick a bunch for me, place them in my mother’s arms, and tell her they are from me.”

Maxine is preceded in death by her parents, Johnny and Hazel Ayers; beloved husband, Robert Corey; sister, Daphine Freeman, and brother, Billy Ayers.

She is survived by her children, Robert and Donece Corey; Paula and Don Slaughter; Linda and Macky Don Walters; Vicki Smith; Buster Corey and Sheila, and Sherry Whittenburg; 18 beautiful grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Dana Beth Chamblee; Ima Jo Chaney, and Mary Ruth Mitchell, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Interment was in Haven of Memories in Canton.