Maggie Province

MAGGIE ADELINE PROVINCE
MAGGIE ADELINE PROVINCE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CALEDONIA, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 17, 1908. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HERBERT AND HATTIE(BUXTON) BECK. MAGGIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE POTOSI MANOR IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 22, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY- FOUR YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
MAGGIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO QUINTEN EDMAN PROVINCE ON FEBRUARY 6, 1924 IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN. QUINTEN PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON OCTOBER 19, 1995.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, BETTY BYERS OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WILMA PINSON AND HUSBAND DORSEY OF CADET, MISSOURI AND HAZEL ANN NELSON AND HUSBAND BILL OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI, TWO SONS, RONALD PROVINCE OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI AND DORSEY PROVINCE AND WIFE BRENDA OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, TWENTY- SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, FORTY-NINE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND TWELVE GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIX SISTERS, CLARA PROVINCE, LEVA PROVINCE, ODA HEDGECORTH, MAZZIE BRILEY, DAISY FOSHEE AND RUTH BLOUNT, THREE BROTHERS, JOHNNIE BECK, EVERETT BECK, MAHLON BECK AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, DINAH ANDERSON.
MAGGIE WAS A LOVING AND DEVOUT CHRISTIAN WHO ENJOYED TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ASSISTING IN ANYWAY POSSIBLE AT HER PLACE OF WORSHIP, THE IRONDALE NAZARENE CHURCH. HER CHURCH FAMILY, AND FRIENDS AT THE POTOSI MANOR WERE ALWAYS AMAZED AT HER BEAUTIFUL SINGING TALENTS. MAGGIE LOVED HER FAMILY DEARLY ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN AND WERE VERY PROUD OF THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. MAGGIE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR MAKING A HOMEMADE OINTMENT TO RELIEVE BURNING AND PAIN, WITH EVERYONE KNOWING IT WAS MUCH BETTER THAT MONEY COULD BUY. SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT SEAMSTRESS WHO ALWAYS ENJOYED MAKING CLOTHES FOR HER FAMILY. MAGGIE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVE OF LIFE AND HER ABILITY TO SHARE FAMILY HISTORY IN GREAT DETAIL DURING FAMILY GATHERINGS, WHERE EVERYONE ENJOYED HER WONDERFUL HOME COOKING ESPECIALLY CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS AND GOOSE BERRY PIES. MAGGIE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBER BY ALL WHO WERE PRIVILEGED TO KNOW HER AS A FRIEND.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2002 AND 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. TAMI WILSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DAVID PROVINCE, GLENNON "BUTCH" PINSON, ROGER PINSON, CHAD ALLEN, JEFF PINSON, PETE HACKWORTH, BRYAN VANDIVER, DAVID FLINT AND JOHN BYERS.