Mary Maxine Chatelain Sheffield

SHEFFIELD Mary Maxine Chatelain Sheffield died peacefully, surrounded by family on Sunday morning, August 14, 2011 in Roswell, GA. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, August 18, 2011 in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 1024 Highway 1207, De-ville, LA 71328. Visitation will be Thursday from 12:00 noon till time of service. Maxine was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Transfiguration Catholic Church in Atlanta, GA. She was born November 16, 1935 in Alexandria, LA the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Deville Chatelain. Maxine graduated valedictorian from the Louisiana School for the Deaf in 1956. She previously resided in Charleston, SC, Baton Rouge, LA and Alexandria LA. She was a former proof reader for The Alexandria Daily Town Talk and the State Times and Morning Advocate in Baton Rouge until 1987. She served as secretary of the Low Country Association of the Deaf, member of the South Carolina Association of the Deaf and the Deaf Seniors of GA. Maxine was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Robert Jack Sheffield Sr.; her parents: Edward and Elizabeth Deville Chatelain; six brothers: Adam Chatelain, Abel Chatelain, E.J. Chatelain, Ray Chatelain, Edward Chatelain, and Emeric Chatelain; and one sister, Audrey Chatelain Vandersypen. Maxine is survived by one son, Jack Sheffield, Jr. and his wife, Jennifer of Charleston, SC; one daughter, Jill Sheffield and her partner, Sylvia Primeaux of Roswell, GA; seven grandchildren; one brother, Elton Chatelain and wife, Barbara of Denham Springs, LA; two sisters: Euna Chatelain Scroggs, and Dorothy Chatelain Vanlangen-donck and husband Arthur; and sister-in-law Darlene Chatelain, all of Alexandria, LA. Maxine will be sorely missed by her family and many deaf friends in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Georgia. Memorials may be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202 (888) 557-7177. On line notes of condolences may be sent to the family at kramerfunerals@aol.com.