Mary Maxine Bridgwaters

  Mary Maxine Bridgwaters, 67, of Bloomington, died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Bloomington Hospital.

  Born May 2, 1940, in Bloomington, she was the daughter of the late Fred Chandler and Lucille Evans Chandler.

  Maxine graduated from Bloomington High School and attended Indiana University. She spent her life as a dedicated homemaker. She was a member of Second Baptist Church.

  She is survived by her devoted husband of 47 years, Preston Bridgwaters, of Bloomington; daughters Tammi Bridgwaters and Cherron Waters and sons David Bridgwaters and Albert Bridgwaters, all of Bloomington; daughter Renee Hill and her husband, Ron, of Ohio; daughter Lynn Billups and her husband, Kermit, of Maryland; ten grandchildren, Michael Bridgwaters, Christopher Bridgwaters, Tyrone Hill, Damion Bridgwaters, Taryn Bridgwaters, Abigail Hill, Anthony Bridgwaters, Alesia Hill, Samuel Billups and Johnathon Billups; four great-grandchildren, Isaiah Bridgwaters, Tammi Bridgwaters, Alexis Bridgwaters and Khalia Bridgwaters; three sisters, Janice Montgomery of Indiana, Linda Ridley and her husband, Joseph, of Texas, and Constance Wade of Ill.; one brother, Seth Debro of Bloomington, and many nieces and nephews.

  Services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at Second Baptist Church, 321 North Rogers Street in Bloomington, with Rev. Bruce Rose presiding. Visitation will be at the church from 9 a.m. till service time on Thursday.  Burial will follow at White Oak Cemetery.