Maxine Hargrove

1922 - 2011

Maxine Hargrove, 89, passed away Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Memorial service: 10 a.m. Tuesday in Laurel Land Chapel of Chimes. Maxine was born July 4, 1922, in Fort Worth. She married Kenneth I. Hargrove in 1944 while he was stationed at Carswell AFB and she worked as a parachute packer. She was a remarkable mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, always giving unselfishly of her time, energy, wisdom and resources. The family wishes to thank the staff of West Side Campus of Care and Vitas Hospice at Baylor Hospital while caring for her during her brief, but courageous battle with cancer. You were the wind beneath our wings, Nana. Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Hargrove, and son, Kenneth Wayne. Survivors: Left behind to walk in her footsteps are her children, Debby Williams and husband, Cliff, and Bill Hargrove of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; granddaughters, Christian Pedigo and husband, Kevin, Kelle Albertson and husband, Ray; brother, Carl Mac Hamil of Houston; great-grandchildren, Rylee, Kennedy and Kelsee Pedigo, Keller and Mimi Albertson; best friends, Jules Rose, Dorothy Higgins, Madell and Dale Whitson, all of Fort Worth.