Reece Maupin - Great Grandson of William Milton Scholl

I am the resurrection,
and the life:
he that believeth in me,
though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth
and believeth in me
shall never die.
Believeth thou this?

John 11:25, 26









Reece H. Maupin, 86, Washington, Iowa, formerly of Mexico, died at 12:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Friendship Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Stevens officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from 4 until 6 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Auxvasse Cemetery.

Mr. Maupin was born on August 11, 1916, in Montgomery City, a son of Harris and Jessie Florida Britt Maupin. On Feb. 10, 1940, in Holts Summit, he married Irene Dorothy Woodson, who died on Jan. 6, 2003.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and then worked for 29 years as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office until his retirement on Jan. 1, 1977. The Maupins moved to Iowa in 1995 to be near family.

Survivors include one son, David H. Maupin and wife Mary Jo, Solon, Ia.; one daughter, Deetrice Shaull and husband Harley, Troy; two grandchildren, David Scott Maupin, Oak Park, Calif., and Tandi Shaull, St. Louis; a nephew, Harris Maupin, Hillsboro, and a niece, Cheryl Bell, Mexico.

One brother, Harris Maupin and a sister, LaVerta Maupin, preceded him in death.