Jessie Jewell Jewell Maxwell

She was a Registered Nurse Instructor. She retired from the College of Nursing at Walters State Community College. She was also a member of First Baptist Church, where she was a member of the choir and taught in the nursery for several years.

Jewell is survived by her husband: Silas Maxwell; son and daughter-in-law: Scott and Cheryl Maxwell of Mosheim; daughter and son-in-law: Jewell Annette and Michael Briggs of Knoxville; two grandchildren: Jessie Briggs of Nashville and Aaron Briggs of Knoxville; one sister: Mildred Blair of Dacula, Georgia; two brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Nelson and Shirley Maxwell of Portland, Oregon, Alton and Debbie Maxwell of Nashville, Pearl Huffman of Mosheim, Flossie Maxwell of Nashville; and several nieces and nephews.

She was a daughter of the late Jessie and Trula Weigel and was preceded in death by two brothers: Hubert and Hershel Weigel; two sisters: Mary Elizabeth Ogle and Margaret Cline.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home preceding the service at 8:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Rev. Joey Tillery will officiate. Interment will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. It is requested that family and friends meet at GreeneLawn at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday for the committal service.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, East Tennessee Chapter, 2270 Sutherland Ave. Suite 202, Knoxville, TN 37919, or to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 211 North Main Street, Greeneville, TN 37745.