NASHVILLE & KINGSPORT — Ms. Mariah Deona Maxwell, 20, of 857 Dale St., Kingsport, departed this life on Saturday (Dec. 17, 2011) at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. after a brief illness.
Ms. Maxwell was a third year biology premed student at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
She is survived by her mother, Ms. Juanita Maxwell; father, Charles Maxwell; two brothers, Terence Maxwell, Kingsport, and Jeremy Jolin, Dayton, Ohio; one sister, Ms. Mariah Michelle Maxwell, Kingsport; grandparents, Willie and Lillian Thompson, Chilhowie, Va., and Ms. Linda Wise, Kingsport; aunts, Mrs. Cecily(Andre) Kyle of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Jeanette(Norman) Barber of Helena, Ala.; uncles, Jarrod Thompson, Charlotte, N,C,, Lawrence Thompson, Long Island, N.Y., Willie Thompson, Jr., Chilhowie, Va., Wendell Early, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Rendell Early, Washington D.C.; goddaughter, Ms. Aaliyah Menya; nephew, Solomon Maxwell; and a host of great-aunts, uncles, cousins; and close friends.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service on Friday at Central Baptist Church, 301 Carver St., Kingsport.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Ricardo F. Dorcean officiating.
Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Ms. Mariah Deona Maxwell and family are in the care of Clark Funeral Chapel and Cremation Service, Inc. Kingsport. (423) 245-4971