Hattie "Maxine" Busbee

Hattie Maxine Dean Busbee was born on March 21, 1945, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Max Carl Dean and Hattie B. (Johnson, Davis) Dean. She passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2025 in Edmond, Oklahoma. Maxine had three older sisters, Dorothy, Wanda, and Juanita Davis. When she was three years old, her brother, Robert (Bobby) Dean, was adopted at the age of two.
Maxine and her husband, Loren, grew up knowing each other and they dated throughout her high school years. They were united in marriage on June 1, 1963. They made their home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, moving to Edmond in 1968. To this marriage three daughters were born, Charissa, Jan, and Sarah. In 1980 at the age of fifteen, Jan was tragically taken from them in a head on collision. Maxine and Loren were later blessed with three granddaughters and then four great-grandsons.
Throughout Maxine's life, she enjoyed homemaking, cooking, sewing, and gardening. She worked at times as a secretary, and later taught in the Path of Life School in Guthrie, eventually becoming principal for some years before starting the Crutcho Christian Academy in Oklahoma City.
Maxine began her ministry in the Church of God in 1987, and was ordained in 1995. She and Loren pastored the Crutcho Church of God in Oklahoma City together until his death in 2020. She continued her ministry after his death. During her months of being bedridden, both in 2022 with a broken hip, and during her last affliction in 2025, through Zoom and recorded messages she was able to continue sharing the gospel message she had carried for 38 years.
Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Loren; her daughter, Jan; her son-in-law, Barry Herron; her parents and three sisters.
She is survived by her two daughters, Charissa Bennings and husband, Mark, of Prattsville, Arkansas; Sarah Herron of Edmond; three granddaughters, Ashley Pinson of Edmond, Shannon Culp and husband, Timothy, of Prattsville, Arkansas; Amanda Elston and husband, DaRyan, of Loranger, Louisiana; four great-grandsons, Levi and Rowan Pinson, Luke Elston, and Cannon Culp; and one brother, Bobby Dean, and wife, Geraldine, of Guthrie. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones, friends, her congregation and other saints of the Church of God.
Funeral services for Maxine will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Church of God Chapel located at 304 Lakeview Avenue in Guthrie. Interment will be held at Summit View Cemetery following the service. Services are under the direction of Smith-Gallo Funeral Home, 220 North 1st Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma 73044.
Visitation will be held Monday evening from 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at Church of God Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Maxine's name to India Mission in Clint Doolittle, 4038 Mallard Avenue, Springfield, Ohio 45503 or to the Africa Mission in Michael Smith, 605 Bishops Ct., Nixa, Missouri 65714. If making a donation to the Africa Mission, please specify "Feed the Hungry" in the memo line along with Maxine's name. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY-jKc8o7NQv_JdnML9U1f7D0IJykN_JR&si=xwNhTzo85MuXWcRf
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