Roger Maxwell

Roger Maxwell

Lacey's Spring

Funeral service for Roger Maxwell, 63, of Lacey's Spring will be Friday, January 4, 2013, at 1 p.m. at New Canaan Baptist Church with Rev. Eldridge Criscoe and Rev. Shane Wheeler officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in New Canaan Cemetery. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.

Mr. Maxwell died Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at UAB Hospital, Birmingham. He was born September 18, 1949, in Morgan County to Bly O. Maxwell and Mary Lorene Griffin Maxwell. He was a graduate of Cotaco High School and graduated from Athens State College with a business degree. He was previously employed by Tyco as the controller and had been retired for the last couple of years. Roger received a kidney transplant on October 3, 2003, from a co-worker and friend, Michael Whited. He had called Union Hill his home for the last 43 years. He loved to fish and work in his yard, but the biggest delight in his life were his grandchildren. His mother, Lorene Griffin Maxwell, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Carol Maxwell; one daughter, Jennifer Maxwell Nay; two grandchildren, Madison Nay and Ethan Nay; his father, Bly O. Maxwell; and one sister, Carron Maxwell Trainor (Bob).

Pallbearers will be Ken Thomas, Troy Pritchett, Marty McCaghren, Ricky Lenox, Dwight Whisenant, David Abercrombie, Keith Burgess and John Maxwell.

Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Trainor, Chris Trainor, David Trainor, J.W. Brown, Andrew Brown, Joseph Brooks and Ernest Simpson Jr.

For charitable contributions, the family recommends the PKD Foundation 1-800-PKD-Cure.

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.