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Maxine WILSON Obituary
Mrs. Wilson attended Christ Episcopal Church, was a member of The Garden Club of Mathews, Tidewater Rose Society, The Mathews Women's Club, Ladies Auxiliary of Riverside Convalescent Center in Mathews, National Society DAR-Cricket Hill Chapter and Mathews Red Hat Society. She was a National Flower Show Judge and enjoyed playing with Mathews Duplicate Bridge.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Sykes Wilson and is survived by her sister, Lucille Conder of Manhattan, N.Y.; a special nephew, Richard Conder of California, a faithful companion, Sharon Singleton and a devoted friend, Eugene Thomas.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 16, 2010, at Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, Va. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, Mathews, on Saturday, July 17, 2010, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
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Memories and Condolences
for Maxine WILSON
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Judy Moughon
July 19, 2010
I remember Maxine as a great lady, always so effusive and kind when you met her. My son cut grass for her and Joe when he was in high school and that's how I got to know her.
She will be missed in our community.
Friend and Neighbor,
July 16, 2010
You Dear Girl Maxine,
You had a good run this side
Of the Divide.
In the 99th year
We shed a tear.
And silently grieve
As we take our leave
From a First Lady of Mathews.
Maxine had true grit. Not many have lived a life so long so full. She respected and appreciated the mighty, middle, and little people. Her passions were holly (holy!) trees, flowers, bridge, Red Hatters, history, volunteering with community groups, and memories of her beloved Joe.
She judged at flower shows, and won
more individual ribbons than Carter
had liver pills. She was the Tidewater
counterpart to Mrs. Samuel Hamilton,
legendary exhibitor at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
She dreamed of a glorious Mathews
arboretum at Glebe and Long Roads.
(Maybe helping provide for a period
garden at the Tompkins Cottage would
serve as a perfect memorial).
Maxine gave us a Crimson Candles Camellia from the Maymount Flower Show years back. It blooms in mid-winter with flowers that look like little red satin bells. It was and shall be Maxine's Camellia for ever and ever.
Dolly, Martha Ellen, and Bill
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