Maxine Dean
Mrs. Maxine Dean, 97, a resident of Dresden, died Dec. 19, 2023, at Van Ayer Healthcare & Rehab.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Friday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Bro. Nathan Horton officiated. Burial followed in Sunset Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Adam Dean, Jeremiah Dean, Trey Dean, Jonathon Beecham, Hunter Beecham and Harley Beecham.
The family received friends from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday at White-Ranson Funeral Home.
She was born on June 29, 1926, in Enid, Okla., to the late Arthur and Ada (Gordon) Collins. She worked as a laundry worker for Weakley County Nursing Home.
She attended First Baptist Church in Dresden.
Mrs. Dean is survived by two daughters, Ann Thomas of Lexington and Doris Dean of Martin; four sons, Curtis Dean and Norman Dean, both of Dresden, Norbert Thomas of Martin and James Dean of Gadsden, Tenn.; 20 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; a brother; Perry Collins of Utah; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her two brothers; four sisters; a grandson, Keith Dean; a great-granddaughter, Kaylynn Taylor; a great-great-grandson, Jayden Beecham; and her companion, James Hershel Dean.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published in The Messenger 12.27.23