Maxine Gwinn

Services for Maxine Hook Gwinn, 89, of Temple will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 7, 2026 at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple with Mike Gentry officiating. Visitation will follow after the service.

Mrs. Gwinn died Tuesday, November 3 at her home in Temple.

Maxine was born September 22, 1937 in San Augustine, Texas to Curtis Elee Hook and Lurene Hook. She graduated from Roaring Springs High School in 1956 and later that year, she married Benny Gwinn on September 15, 1956. At that time, Benny was working in the oil field as a contract driller that led them all over locations in West Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Maxine worked as a bookkeeper at various businesses at the locations Benny’s job took them. Eventually, they would call Beeville, Texas home. Maxine worked several years as a bookkeeper for a family-owned medical clinic. After Benny retired, they moved to Nacogdoches, Texas where she gained an interest in gardening and quilting. Her specialty with gardening was with exotic daylilies and as such was a member of the Daylily Club in Nacogdoches. She also loved quilting of all shapes and sizes and always had something she was working on. She joined a stitchery group that would take turns meeting at the members houses to work on their projects. Benny and Maxine moved to Temple in 2013 where they became members of Leon Valley Church of Christ.

Maxine was preceded in death by her sister, Helen Marie Hook.

She is survived by her children, Terri Neman and husband David of Temple, Jody Gwinn and wife Carla of Houston; her grandchildren, Jenna and Spencer Neman of Temple, Kaylee Chambers and husband Stephen of Lufkin, Brent Gwinn and wife Samantha of Tatum and Kinsey Gwinn of Austin. Great-grandchildren (triplets), Barrett, Cooper, and Scottie Chambers of Lufkin.

The family wishes to thank the caregivers of Tender Mercies and Sonja Hearn, Maxine's close friend, for the loving and compassionate care they provided.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the ALS Foundation (www.als.org).