Maxine “Mac” Croft Gilford, age 88, of Hopkinsville KY, passed away Monday August 19, 2024, at Christian Health Center. Funeral services will be at 1:00PM Thursday, August 22, 2024, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home with burial to follow in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home. Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home has been entrusted by the family with the care of their loved one.
Mrs. Gilford was born on July 18, 1936, in Hopkinsville, KY, the daughter of the late Johnny Clyde and Elza Gaynelle Fuller Croft. Mary worked at Hopkinsville Clothing and Flynn Enterprise. She was a member of Chosen Stone Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James Allen Gilford, her brothers, Larry Clyde Croft and John William Croft, her great Nephew, Johnny Ray “Hubba” Clyde Martin.
Survivors include her brother, Gaithel Wayne Croft of Gracey; her sisters, Norma Croft of Hopkinsville, and Kathy Paulette of Hopkinsville; her grandson, James William Gilford (Ashley); her great grandchildren, Jace and Bryleigh; and several nieces and nephews.