Amie Pearl Maybee, age 87, died on Sunday, May 1 (2011) at the Hospice of the Hills House in Harrison. Mrs. Maybee was born near Alpena, on Nov. 28, 1923, the daughter of David Layfate and Wrinda Paul Sneed.
Amie Pearl Sneed married Garvin E. Maybee on Nov. 25, 1938, and they made their home in the Alpena area until his death on Aug. 21, 1990. Mrs. Maybee was a member of the Church of Christ and attended at Alpena. She loved to sing and play the guitar and accordian. She loved to cook for her family and was known for her brown beans, biscuits and fried chicken.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by six sisters, Virgie Hamm, Unice Widner, Joicy Wootan, Mildred Wootan, Vida Bailey and Mamie Graves and two brothers, Raymond and Arlis Sneed.
She is survived by two sons, Charlie Maybee and wife Barbara of Alpena and J.R. Maybee and wife Edna Kay of Alpena; daughter, Lucille Bailey and husband Ron of Alpena; grandchildren, Ricky and wife Dawn Johnson, Eddie Johnson, Kavan and wife Nicki Maybee, Amie and husband Brandon Frantz; step-grandchildren, Debbie Greenwood and Susan Burnett; great-grandchildren, Hannah and Emma Johnson, Collin, Cora and Turner Frantz, Hesten and Hadley Maybee; step-great-grandchildren, Chris and Aaron Waldorp, Corine Terry and Tanner Crook; sisters-in-law, Clithy Hammons of Berryville and Pat Maybee of Alpena; and a host of nieces and nephews and friends.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at the Alpena Church of Christ, with Bill Arnold and Jerry Goen speaking. Burial will be at Alpena Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at Roller-Christeson Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be David Maybee, Frank Bailey, Terry Lee Hensen, Brent Smith, Kevin Roberts and Friday Swensen. Honorary pallbearers are Brandon Frantz, Wendell Sneed, Buster Widner and the staff of Bristol Pointe and Hospice of the Hills.
Online condolences may be left at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.
