Bernice Lee Maddox, 84, a resident of Oretta passed peacefully from this life into the next on May 22, 2016.

Mrs. Maddox loved playing with children and was a faithful member of the Church of the Remnant.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Charlie J. Kourtney and Rosa Sanders Kourtney, husband Loyd Laughlin, Julius Rose, and James Maddox, sons, Samuel Loyd Laughlin and Hank Laughlin, daughters, Betty Sue Laughlin and Rosalie Laughlin, grand daughter Sonia Reid, sisters, Stella Bumgarden, Mary Lorenz, Margie Foster, Cella Foster,

She leaves to cherish her memory, her brothers, James and Bernard Kourtney, sisters, Esther Hemmenway, Audry Wallace, five grandchildren: Samantha Lynn Laughlin, Sabrina Faye Laughlin, Dolly Joyce Laughlin, great grandchildren: Brittany Paige Laughlin, Caleb Ashton Laughlin, Aaron Kade Reid, Samuel Austin Laughlin, Ethan Hank Reid, Kristen Jade Jones,and Andrew James Reid, great great grandchildren, Evan Waylin Myers, Anthony Laughlin, and Kaden Laughlin, and a host of nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Monday, May 23, 2016 from 6 PM until 10 PMin the Church of the Remnant. Visitation will continue on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, from 8 AM until time of service at 2 PM. Her nephew Arthur Allen Hemmenway is to officiate. Burial will follow in Oretta Cemetery.