Circle of Life : Obituaries
Iva Maynard dies at 81
Jul 22, 2008, 12:15 PM
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Maynard was born April 14, 1927, in Huntington, W. Va., the daughter of Roscoe and Mazie Adkins. She graduated from Huntington High School in 1945. She marrried Thomas Maynard July 8, 1950, in Huntington. The couple made their home in Huntington until they moved to Pompano Beach, Fla., in 1957. They became charter members of the North Pompano Baptist Church. During this time, Maynard was a homemaker and later was employed with Sears. They also resided in Coral Springs, Boca Raton, and Boynton Beach, Fla. After her husband's death, she worked as a teacher's aide. In 2000, Iva moved to Bradenton to be closer to her family and she later joined the First Baptist Church in Sarasota. More recently, she joined the Oneca First Baptist Church in Bradenton.
Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Dee Anna and Dr. Randall S. Neal of Warrensburg; two sons, Michael Maynard and his wife, Cindi of Greensboro, N.C., and Mark Maynard of Bradenton; a sister, Maxine Bias of Huntington, and six grandchildren: Bethany and Russell Neal, Thomas and Matthew Maynard, and Zachary and Shelby Maynard. Maynard was preceded in death by her husband, Tom, in February 1983; two sisters, Berniece Suiter and Belva Adkins; and two brothers, Clodeon Adkins and Monford Adkins.
A memorial service will be 5 p.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at the Oneca First Baptist Church in Bradenton, with the Rev. John Isom officiating.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2008, at the Boynton Beach Mausoleum at 1611 Seacrest Blvd., in Boynton Beach, Fla., with Dr. Randall S. Neal officiating.
Honorary pallbearers will be Russell S. Neal, Thomas Maynard, Matthew Maynard, Zachary Maynard and Tommie Lee Maynard.
Williams Funeral Chapel of Warrensburg and the Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home of Boynton Beach are in charge of the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.williamsfuneralchapel.net
