Maxine Faith Kerr

Maxine Faith (Cooke) Kerr, born in 1924, went to be with our Lord August 22, 2013. She was a devoted Christian, dedicated to helping others. Maxi served as an American Red Cross Gray Lady and later as a Deaconess Hospital Volunteer until 2009. She grew up in Lawton, OK and married James T “Butch” Kerr, Jr. and was a dedicated Army wife. During Butch’s military career, they lived and raised their family in many places, including Japan. After their move to Oklahoma City, Maxine was a faithful member of Portland Avenue Baptist Church for 50 years, where she taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School. Upon the death of Butch Kerr, she later married Kenneth Fields. In 2009, Maxine moved to Edmond where she was an active resident of Copper Lake Senior Community and First Christian Church. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents William and Dovie Cooke, her husbands, Butch Kerr and Kenneth Fields and her brother Bill Cooke and dear sister, Dorothea Cooke Brown. She is survived by her devoted children, James “Terry” Kerr, III and wife Kathy, of Edmond, Carol Kerr of Galveston, TX, and Jeff Kerr and wife, Kathie Ann, Moore, OK. Also surviving are her grandsons, James T Kerr, IV and wife Kim, and Bill Kerr and wife Kimberly, all of Edmond, and Stephen Kerr and wife Shelly, Shawnee, and Geoffrey Kerr of Moore, and great grandchildren, Jake, Abby, Kate, Wiley and Wyatt Kerr. She will also be missed by her niece, nephews and their families. A loving and spirited woman of great character and humor, Maxine will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Maxine’s funeral will be 9:00 am Monday, August 26 at First Christian Church Edmond, with interment following at Ft Sill, Oklahoma. Contributions may be made in Maxine’s honor to First Christian Church Edmond Seniors Bus Ministry.