Mrs. Maurene G. Nix, 102, of Guntersville, AL, passed away on Sunday September 26, 2021.
Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. at Marshall Memory Gardens with Bro. Joel Samuels officiating. Burial will follow at Marshall Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Nix was born on February 14, 1919, three months after WWI ended, during the Spanish Flu outbreak, and before women had the right to vote. She grew up on the family farm in the Beulah community and was a graduate of Boaz High School. After graduating high school she worked in the 1940s and 1950s as a secretary for the US Department of Agriculture County Agents office as well as working as secretary for Guntersville First Baptist Church in the 1960s. She enjoyed gardening and bridge, and being a longtime member of the Claysville Extension Homemakers club. In retirement she enjoyed traveling on bus tours with church, AARP, and Home Bank. While her sons were in school, she was active in PTA and booster clubs. She could still drive and mow with her tractor at the age of 100.
Maurene is survived by her sons, Joseph (Jo) E. Nix III, and James E. Nix; brother, Wayne Gore; Sisters, Betty Branum, Mary (Charles) Quinn, Frances Todd, Marge (Allen) Black.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Joseph E. Nix Jr. parents, Walter and Hattie Gore; brothers, Harley, Ras, Ed, and James Gore; sister, Bernice Studdard.
Arrangements entrusted to Carr Funeral Home.
