Maxine Marie Shawver (1936-2020)
Maxine Marie Shawver, a long- time resident of Forrest City and St. Francis County, died Wednesday, Dec. 30 at Forrest City Medical Center. She was 84.
Maxine was born in Akron, Ohio, on Oct. 24, 1936, to Max Shawver, a native of Newcastle, and Hulda Marie Johnson Shawver. Her parents moved to Widener when she was two years old. Her family later built a general store at Widener Junction, which they operated for more than 30 years.
Maxine attended elementary school at Madison and graduated from Forrest City High School. After graduation, she was trained as an X- ray technician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She moved to Chicago, where she worked at several hospitals and became one of the first nuclear medicine technologists in the nation.
Maxine remained in the Chicago area for more than 20 years before returning to Arkansas in 1981 to care for her aging parents at Widener Junction. She worked as a nuclear medicine technologist at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis for more than 15 years before her retirement in the late 1990s.
In 2007, Maxine moved to Forrest City and lived on North Forrest Street for 10 years before moving to the St. Francis
Assisted Living Community because of debilitating rheumatoid arthritis. She was active in the First United Methodist Church, where she was a faithful member of the Chancel Choir, a teacher of the Homer Towns Sunday School Class and an officer in the United Methodist Women.
Survivors include her sister, Teddye Shawver Clayton, and brother- in- law, William E. Clayton, of Alexandria, Va.
A service may be held at a later date.
Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 66, Forrest City, AR 72336.
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