Maxine Sims Rayborn

Maxine Sims Rayborn, 87, a resident of Brantley, Alabama, passed away at Crenshaw Community Hospital on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024. Funeral services for Maxine will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, May 19th, at Brantley Baptist Church with Rev. Todd Russell officiating. She will then be laid to rest in Brantley Cemetery with Turners Funeral Home of Luverne directing. The family will receive friends at the church on Sunday for one hour prior to the service.

Maxine spent 52 years at Brantley Bank and Trust where she worked her way up from teller to loan officer and Cashier. During those years, she touched so many people's lives in ways that they still remember to this day. She considered herself fortunate in that she not only loved her job but also the people she worked with. In fact, she loved what she did so much that it took TWO attempts for her retirement to actually stick! Outside of her work, there were few things she enjoyed doing more than traveling with her family. Later in life, she became an avid square dancer, enjoying the dancing and meeting people. As much as Maxine enjoyed her work and her other pursuits, there was absolutely nothing she loved more than being "Grandmama" to her beloved one and only grandson! Words cannot express how much she meant to her family nor how much she loved them in return. She will be deeply missed but will continue to live on in their hearts and minds.

Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, James Ira Rayborn; parents, Luke & Annie Idell Mitchell Sims; and sister, Charlotte Bell. She is survived by her sons, Karl (Jo Ellen) Rayborn and Tim Rayborn; grandson, Bradley (Sarah) Rayborn; and a host of extended family members and friends.

Active pallbearers will be Warren Alverson, Scott Hudson, Kenneth Mitchell, Steven Prescott, Johnny Rayborn, and Drew Yantis.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Brantley Cemetery Fund, in c/o of Brantley Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 25, Brantley, Alabama 36009.