Willie Mae Maddox, 84, of Memphis, Texas, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Memphis.
Services took place at 2 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2023, in the First Baptist Church in Memphis with Rev.Daniel Downey officiating. Burial followed in Memphis Fairview Cemetery. Viewing was held Thursday, March 2, 2023, with family receiving friends for visitation from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements were by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Willie Mae was born Sept. 4, 1938, in Lesley, Hall County, Texas, to Albert Elmore and Laura Celeste Brown Ward. She married Oscar Maddox Jr. on March 4, 1959, in Memphis.
A resident of Memphis since 1959, Willie Fae served as a babysitter for many years and was co-owner of Maddox Garage in Memphis. A former member of the Young Homemakers Club and the First Christian Church in Memphis, she enjoyed sewing, fishing and cooking. Willie Mae loved all her family dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Shirley Foster and Carolyn Shults; and a great-grandchild, Kohen Lusk.
Survivors include her husband, Oscar Maddox Jr., of Memphis; her daughters, Donna Blair and husband Rod and Sherry Ross, all of Amarillo, Texas; her brother, Albert Ward Jr., of Amarillo; her sisters, Marie Davis, of Vega, Texas, and Henrietta Montgomery, of Childress, Texas; five grandchildren, Lindsay Lusk and husband Bleu, Lauren Ross, Hailey Ross, Zach Blair and wife Tori, and Jared Blair and wife Jocelyn; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous extended family.
The family request memorials be sent to Memphis Meals on Wheels.
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