Nova Maxine Jones Lopez

Born in Pamlico County on June 11, 1935, Maxine was the daughter of the late Mack Daniel Jones and Marie Brinson Jones. As a young woman, she answered the call to the mission field and graduated from Holmes Bible College and Virginia Medical College, where she studied nursing. Following her education and training, Maxine became a missionary with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. She served many people in Haiti and Mexico where she ministered healing and shared the love of Jesus for 56 years. After her retirement, she returned to Pamlico County to be with her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Lopez; and three brothers, E.D. Jones, Mack Jones, and Dewey Jones.

She is survived by her siblings, Janet Jones Hall Cox, Malcolm Jones (Ellen), Katie Jones Armstrong, and Annette Jones Armstrong, all of Pamlico County; sister-in-law, Margaret Jones; and a host of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2022 at Cotten Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at Reelsboro P.H. Church with Pastor Alan Woodard officiating. She will be laid to rest with her parents at Sand Hill Cemetery in Reelsboro.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to the Reelsboro P.H. Church.

Arrangements are in the care of Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory.