Velma Maxine Prance, the daughter of late Lowell C and Anna Mae Haislip Waltrip, was born February 12, 1923, in Clarkton, MO.  Mrs. Prance died December 13, 2016, in Malden, MO, at the age of 93 years, 10 months and 1 day.

On December 18, 1942, in Kennett, MO, she was united in marriage to John A Prance, Sr. He preceded her in death on August 6, 1968.

Maxine was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church of Malden.

Survivors include one son, John A. Prance, Jr. and his wife Suzanne, of Dexter, MO; one daughter, Connie Hampton, and her husband Bill, also of Dexter; three grandchildren, William Robert Hampton, Julie Mangum, and J.R. Prance, seven great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Lowell C. "Bud" Waltrip, Jr.

Visitation will be on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Bradshaw Funeral Home.

Funeral services will follow at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel with Reverend Aulden LeBlanc officiating.

 Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, MO.