Mary Maxine Midkiff, 86, of Owensboro, Ky., died peacefully at home on Wednesday, June 10, 2015. She was born April 3, 1929, in Ohio County, Ky., to the late Dellah Roy and Ethel Phillips.
Maxine was an active member of Dawson Baptist Church for the past 55 years. She served in many capacities at church including as a Sunday School teacher, assisting with Vacation Bible School and in the nursery, as a Sunday morning greeter, and in the Ladies Prayer Group. She loved to feed her hummingbirds and collected hummingbird memorabilia.
She is preceded in death by two brothers, George William and James Roy Phillips.
Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Raymond Midkiff; a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Janet Green Midkiff, of Charlotte, N.C.; and a grandson, Bradley Midkiff, currently studying engineering at the University of Florida.
Services are 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, at the Chapel of James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory in Owensboro. Burial is in Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro. Visitation is from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday and after 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Dawson Baptist Church, Building Fund, 5880 Hwy. 54, Philpot, KY 42366.