MITCHELL – Maxine Covert, 93, passed away at 6:34 p.m. Thursday, January 1, 2015, at St. Vincent Dunn Hospital in Bedford.
Born February 22, 1921, in Mitchell, she was the daughter of Artie and Vanice (Arnold) Pruett. She married Russell Covert December 25, 1950, and he preceded her in death December 19, 1963.
Maxine had been employed in the cafeteria at Emerson School. She graduated from Mitchell High School in 1939, and was a member of the Tulip Street Christian Church.
Surviving: son, Steve Covert, Mitchell
nieces, Susan Mayden, Bedford
Debbie Watterson, Bedford
Karen Urig, Charlotte, North Carolina
sister-in-law, Ruth Pruett, Mitchell
Her parents; husband; brother, Eugene Pruett; and sister, Evelyn Watterson, preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 5, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Brother Greg McBride officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday and from 9:00 a.m. until the service on Monday at the funeral home.
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