Shreveport, LA
Services for Pastor Jean Nell White Maxie will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at From Bondage to Freedom Church, 2020 Hollywood Ave., Shreveport, LA. Interment will follow in Good Hope Cemetery, Frierson, LA. Visitation will be held on Monday, November 8, 2010, between the hours of 7 – 9 PM at From Bondage to Freedom Church.
Pastor Jean Nell White Maxie was born October 30, 1942 to the late Superintendant Louis Hilton White, Sr. and Missionary Charles Ann Young-White. She was born into a Godly home and is the second of six children. The proud graduate of Booker T Washington High School and attended Grambling State University.
Pastor Jean N. Maxie was the founder and pastor of Open Door Ministries Outreach and Enrichment Center, Inc. that was established in March 1999.
It was in a prayer meeting that God called her to preach the gospel to a dying world and also shepherd His people. It was at that time God gave her His word from Revelation 3:8 “I know thy works: Behold, I have set before thee an Open Door and no man can shut it.” and the entire 43rd chapter of Isaiah.
This word from God revolutionized Pastor Maxie’s mind and she began to preach on the streets of Shreveport, Louisiana where many souls were saved and delivered.
Over a span of forty years, Pastor Maxie has served as Church Administrator of the 80th Street Church of God in Christ where her father was pastor. Pastor Maxie also served in many areas such as: Regional Coordinator of the State Mission Department, Jurisdictional Outreach Coordinator, District Missionary, National Evangelist and General Assembly Delegate for the National Church. She has an Associates Degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Christian Counselor.
God gave Pastor Maxie many tutors and mentors; bestowing upon her much knowledge and experience to assist her in doing what God had so destined her to do. Pastor Maxie was under the leadership of Bishop Marvin L. Winans, of Perfecting Fellowship International and he is pastor of Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan. Pastor Maxie loved her PFI family and especially loved Morning Glory which is intercessory prayer. Pastor Maxie lived and loved to pray.
Pastor Maxie was preceded in death by her parents. Her daughter Amanda Denise Maxie and her youngest brother Benjamin James White.
She leaves to cherish two sons Darrin Dominique Maxie and Russell D’Wayne Maxie. One brother Louis Hilton White Jr. (Cynthia). Three Sisters Willie Mae (Lugene Brooks), Delores Ann (Thurmon Powell) and Amanda Rosetta Snelson. Four grandchildren Daron Maxie, Dewana Maxie, Courtney Maxie and Shania Maxie. Pastor Maxie also leaves a host of nieces, nephews and the church family of Open Door Ministries.
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