MAXIE LORETTA BRADEN SHARP

SHARP, MAXIE LORETTA BRADEN - passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, peacefully at home with her loving family. She was born in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, to William Riley and Stella Hooks Braden. Maxie worked as a seamstress and a certified nursing assistant. She loved spending time with her beloved family, which was her greatest joy, attending the Women's Dinners at Main Street Baptist Church, cookouts, going to the beach, flea markets, and had spent the last several years taking care of a sister. When her children were small, Maxie, often had a carload of their friends taking them to practice and ballgames which she enjoyed. She also was like another mother to her many nieces and nephews. Maxie was a member of Indian Bluff Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Maxie is preceded in death by husbands SSgt. James L. Beam Sr., John L. (J.L.) Sharp; special nephew, Michael Wayne Braden; brothers, Kenneth E. Braden and Donnie L. Braden; sisters, Blanche Lorene Braden and Barbara J. Daugherty; and nieces, Angela Braden and Sheryl Jenks. Survivors: daughter, Michele and Rick Disney, Lake City; son, Jim Beam and fiancé Dee Foust, Lake City; special niece, Debbie and Rev. Kenny Sharp, Lake City; her baby, Katie Sharp of Lake City; daughter-in-law, Tina and John Dando, Knoxville; step son, Tim and Jenny Sharp, Lake City; grandchildren, Jacob Andrew and Lindsey Disney, Knoxville, James Nicholas Beam, Knoxville, Ashley Maxie Nicole Beam, Knoxville, Josh and Amanda Sharp, Lake City, Justin Sharp, Lake City, special cousins, Rose Mary and Jim Adkins, Andersonville, Kim Colyer and Brandon Colyer, Briceville; sister, Evelyn Gibson, Lake City; brothers, Huston Braden and Margaret Pickard, Knoxville, W.R. (Dub) and Brenda Braden, Briceville, Eddie and Brenda Braden, Lake City, Tom and Pam Braden, Lake City; sisters-in-law, Rose Braden, Knoxville, Patsy Braden, Briceville, Doris Goforth, Spencer, NC, Maxine and Ernie Pruitt, Reidsville, NC, Judia Deal, Connellys Springs, NC, Kathy Meismer, Connellys Springs, NC, brothers-in-law, Don and Faye Beam, New Port Richey, FL, James E. (Bob) Beam, Hickory, NC; special friends, Betty Disney, Nevil Walker, Vanessa Walker, Diane Higgs, Carol Jacks, Tammy Jacks Smith, Johnny Bullock, Stephanie Byrge, Tricia and Robert Fife, and Trina Baird; many beloved nieces, nephews, and friends. We would also like to thank Rev. Wayne Phillips, Rev. Jimmy Ault, and Brother Nicky Braden for visiting with our mother at her home when she could not attend church. Special thanks to the nurses, physicians, and other staff at Ft. Sanders Regional Hospital and Thompson Oncology Center and Mark Azel, PA-C and the staff of Lake City Internal Medicine. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Main Street Baptist Church or Indian Bluff Baptist Church. Visitation: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Main Street Baptist Church. Funeral service: 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015, at Main Street Baptist Church with Rev. Wayne Phillips and Brother Nicky Braden officiating. Interment: family and friends will meet at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Hatmaker Funeral Home to go in funeral procession to Indian Bluff Cemetery in Briceville, TN, for the 2:30 p.m. interment. You can also view Maxie's guestbook at www.hatmakerfuneralhome.com. Hatmaker Funeral Home, Lake City, TN in charge of arrangements.