Karen Maxey
Posted: January 18, 2018
Karen Elizabeth Taylor Maxey, age 40, of Crawford, MS, passed away January 12, 2018, at her residence. Funeral services will be Friday, January 19, 2018, at 2:00 PM, at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel College St. location with Rev. David Honeycutt officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be Thursday, January 18, 2018, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory College St. location. Mrs. Maxey was born April 17, 1977, in Columbus, MS, to Jack Lindsey Taylor of Columbus, MS, and Ila Kay Taylor of Columbus, MS. She worked as a mail carrier for the U. S. Postal Service. Mrs. Maxey was a member of the Bread of Life Fellowship Church and enjoyed volunteering at the Cedar Hills Animal Sanctuary. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Clifford Wade Hiett, and sister, Maria Ann Taylor. In addition to her parents, survivors include her husband, Shawn Maxey of Crawford, MS, sons, Kyle Maxey and Jay Maxey of Crawford, MS, maternal grandmother, Annie Ruth Hiett of Columbus, MS, paternal grandfather, J. T. Taylor of Columbus, MS, and paternal grandmother, Gladys Pearl Taylor of Columbus, MS. Pallbearers will be Allen Stephens, Jimmy Edmonds, Heath Crenshaw, Charles Conn, Matthew Ward, and Chris Hood.