Maxine Slagle Burgin || Obituary

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Maxine Slagle Burgin, 96, of Arthur City, passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022.

Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19th at Chicota Baptist Church with Rev. Rocky Burrow officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 – 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Burgin, the daughter of Maude Vernon Slagle & Dulcie Velma McEntyre Slagle, was born April 6, 1925, in Chicota, TX.

For more than 25 years she was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Following her retirement from the telephone company, she began working as the switchboard operator at L. P. McCuistion Regional Medical Center where she remained for almost ten years.

Maxine was a member of the Chicota Baptist Church. She enjoyed talking on the phone daily to her family and friends. Nothing pleased her more than hopping into her car and hitting the road. Following the death of her husband, J. S. Burgin, on Sept. 23, 1991, Maxine became close friends with Jimmy Parson of the Garretts Bluff Community. They attended many benefit dinners and dances wherever they could. He was a great companion to her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J. S., her parents, a son, Randy Burgin, two sons-in-law, Billy Ratliff and Michael Burleson, and siblings, Charlene Slagle, Johnnie Border, Ruth Kropp, Dorothy Tolson, Laverne Jones, and Kenneth Slagle.

Survivors include three children, Steve Burgin & wife Ann of Paris, Anita Ratliff of Paris, and Vicky Burleson of Ragtown, her dearest friend, Jimmy Parson,  grandchildren, Greg  Burgin & wife Nancy, Kristi Parker & husband Keith, Amy Chapman & husband Skipper, Lesley Franklin, Melody Salinas, Chandra Watson & husband Leslie, Tracy Johnson, and Amanda Burgin, 12 great grandchildren, 8 great great grandchildren, one sister, Margaret Lewis and two brothers, Donald Slagle & wife Barbara and Gene Slagle along with many nieces & nephews and a host of friends.

Casket bearers will be: Greg Burgin, Skipper Chapman, Craig Hale, Jalon Franklin, Leslie Watson, and Brian Watson.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Chicota Volunteer Fire Department.

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