Melvin "Coach" Maxwell

Today was a very pleasant day. Joyce being able to help you and your family brings such great joy to all those involved. Being around you and your beautiful home brings such peace,warmth and joy to ones heart. Hope you know that you are as great of joy as well as your family as knowing coach was. It just makes a person smile, knowing how much love there is in your hearts. We all love all of you and can't wait to see you soon. Our prayers and thoughts are always with you.

Joyce, I was so sorry to hear about Melvin. We were good friends from elementary school thru high school. He always saved me a seat on the bus. I was from the Reno area also. I learned to enjoy track and field events because of him. The Reno community and Cairo HS was real proud of him.
I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you and your family.

Joyce,Allison,Mark and to all the wonderful grandkids whom which coach loved with every part of his being. I am so thankful everyday for getting to know coach more closely before he left this world full of people whom loved him sooooo much and more than anything had the utmost RESPECT for him.I miss him dearly and wished I could have had more time to learn from him but I will never forget what he did teach me and always think about what he could have tought me. He was such an inspiration and...

Dear Joyce,
I am starting to write you a letter. I shall get it in the mail ASAP.
Melvin meant so much to my son, Mitch. They were quite a pair there at DHS. Love,
Charleen M. DeRidder, Ph.D.

Dear Joyce,
I am starting to write you a letter. I shall get it in the mail ASAP.
Melvin meant so much to my son, Mitch. They were quite a pair there at DHS. Love,
Charleen M. DeRidder, Ph.D.

I will always remember Uncle Melvin and the fishing trips to Grandma and Grandaddy's pond in Reno, Ga. He was always telling jokes that made me laugh so hard that I almost fell out of the boat! Out of all of the special times with Uncle Melvin, nothing made me feel more on top of the world than when he said "I love ya shug." I love you Uncle Melvin and know that I will see you again someday. Until then, rest in peace.

Love you Aunt Joyce,
Amy Bryant Pickle

What a blessing it was to have Coach Maxwell as a neighbor, mentor, and teacher. I can still hear his voice telling the stories about growing up in Georgia, working on the farm. He was always there for any one who needed help and always fought for the underdog. I'm sure there is no way to count the lives that he impacted in a truly positive way. My prayers and thoughts are with his family. May your memories and the knowledge that he was leaves a wonderful legacy bring you comfort.

Marc,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time of sorrow. May God heal your family in this trying and difficult time. John and Amy Arwood( Maryville, TN )

I had the pleasure of knowing Melvin for many, many years--went to school with him and lived in the same small community. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Janell Adams Cairo, GA