James Maxwell

James R. "Chub" Maxwell, 59, of Whigham, GA, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at Climax Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Poppell and Rev. Harold Burrell officiating. A private interment will follow at Maxwell Hill Cemetery with Mark Maxwell, Paul Maxwell, Murry Maxwell, Tim Maxwell, Cuy Harrell IV, and Chris Harrell serving as active pallbearers. Ike Maxwell, John Maxwell, Billy Maxwell, Jr., Stephen Maxwell, Patrick Anderson, William Anderson, Hunter Darley, Holton Darley Blake Voyles, Buster Bell, Hayes Bell, Ben Palmer, Stephen VanLandingham, Greg VanLandingham, Doyle Womack, Mark Mitchell, Greg Hamil, Robby Knight, Bubba Knight, Joe Knight, Kelly Newberry, Billy Jowers, Jason Lynn, Wallace Bishop, Neyland Robinson, Embry Robinson, Johnny Knight, Jason Knight, Spencer Duncan, Jimmy Powe, Charles Shockley, Wendell Gardner, and Jerry Thomas will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Joey Maxwell Memorial FFA Scholarship Fund, C/O Susan Maxwell 964 Maxwell Rd., Whigham, GA 39897 or Maxwell Hill Cemetery Fund, C/O Ann Harrell, 1703 Old 179 North, Whigham, GA 39897. James Randal Maxwell was born December 18, 1956 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Mather Marvin Maxwell and Edrie Georgiann Perkins Maxwell. Chub was a graduate of Bainbridge High School Class of 1974. He married Susan Darley in 1976. Chub was a member of New Fountainhead Baptist Church.Chub Maxwell was a farmer by trade and loved everything about the outdoors. His family, which included his friends, was very important to him. He loved to hunt, fish, and cook. He especially enjoyed these activities when others joined in the fun. He was a gun and knife collector and always included a good story with his wares. Chub was known to watch the Gaither Gospel Hour with Buster and was caught every now and then humming the tunes to the old gospel music he loved. The only thing Chub loved more than his family, his friends and his farm was food and he could cook about anything. He was most proud of his boston butts, brunswick stew and his homemade sausage recipe and excited he finally mastered the brisket. He will always be remembered as the head chef of the "Cookhouse Gang".Survivors include his wife, Susan D. Maxwell; his daughter, Ashley Maxwell Faircloth and her husband, Jeremy; his grandson, Jacob Faircloth; and his siblings, Ann Maxwell Harrell and her husband, Cuy, Tom Maxwell and his wife, Diane, William H. "Billy" Maxwell and his wife, Vanita, Steve Maxwell and his wife, Susan, Edwin D. "Bob" Maxwell and his wife, Evelyn, Murry M. "Buck" Maxwell and his wife, Martha, and his sister-in-law, Dorothy Maxwell as well as a host of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Chub was preceded in death by his son, Joel David Maxwell, and his siblings, Ellen Maxwell Strickland, Jack Maxwell, Wayne Maxwell, Joe Maxwell, Franklin Maxwell and his nephew David Maxwell.