Maxine Pitts Dyer

Funeral service for Maxine Pitts Dyer, 92, of Chickasha, OK will be held at 1:00pm, Friday, April 12, 2024 at First Christian Church in Chickasha.  Rev. Michael Oberlender will officiate.

Maxine Pitts Dyer was born in Anadarko, OK on April 18, 1931.  Her parents were Dank and Marie (Biggerstaff) Pitts. She was a sister to Virginia Henricks, Billie Reed and Betty (West) Kirkland.

She married Elga (Doe) Alexander in 1949 and they had four children: Alan, Richard, Gina and Kent.  When Maxine was a young lady she had many jobs.  She picked cotton, was a real estate broker, hairdresser and a nurse.

Maxine met the love of her life, Jimmy G. Dyer, and they were wed on December 26, 1983. They started a business driving a semi, even Maxine! They also had Maxine's Springcrest Draperies.  If you knew Maxine, you knew she LOVED her OU Sooner football players.  The first OU football game she attended was in 1958. She was the BEST cook, quilt maker, gardener and chicken lover.  Maxine was an active member and Past-President of Altrusa, active in the Disciples Women Fellowship, an Elder of the First Christian church and in charge of all the dinners at the church. She was also a founding volunteer with the Festival of Light.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, two step-sons and one great-great grandchild.

Survivors include her husband Jimmy of the home, son Alan and Charlotte Alexander, son Richard Alexander, daughter Gina and Glenn Snedeker, son Kent Alexander, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many extended family and friends.

Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery under the direction of McRay Funeral Home.