Maxine May Matson, 79, of Sweet Home died May 4, 2009.
She was born July 27. 1929 in Marilton, Ark., to Sherman and Julie May (Williams) Wells.
She lived in Arkansas until the sixth grade. As a teenager she came to Oregon, where she met her husband, Fred, in Bend. He served in the Army during World War II. They married when she was 16 years old and started their family. They moved to Sweet…