Maxine James Stringfellow, 92, of Drew, Mississippi, died Sunday, September 7, 2025 at Indywood Estates in Cleveland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 10, 2025 11:00 AM at Williams and Lord Funeral Home in Ruleville. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until service time. Rev. Larry Chouccoli will officiate the services. Burial will follow in Drew Cemetery.

Maxine was born on May 6, 1933 to the late William Ethan James and Ruth Murphree James in Enid, MS. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. In 1950 she went to work for Bell Telephone Company in Ruleville and later transferred to Cleveland when the company went dial. In 1954 she married Leroy Stringfellow and left the telephone company to join him in the military; they returned to Drew in 1973 when he retired. In 1976 she went to work for the Sunflower County Library in Drew and retired with twenty years of service. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leroy Stringfellow; daughter, Cynthia Kay Stringfellow; and two sisters, Ann Harkins and Georgia Wilson.

She is survived by her son, Roy Stringfellow, Jr (Virginia) of Cleveland, MS; granddaughter, Casi Raby (Mitchell) of Greenwood, MS; great grandchildren, James Wyatt Raby and Virginia Reed Raby; sisters, Kathleen Sartain of Ruleville, MS, Connie Blackwell of Millington, TN, and Nancy Muzzi of Collierville, TN; and brothers, Kelly James of Meridian, ID, and Mike James of Brandon, MS.

Pallbearers will be Tad Cummins, Keith Flemmons, Timbo Sandifer, Les Moon, Allen Griffin, Tommy Pannel, and Bobby Blackwell.