Emma Marie Riley Maxwell, long time New Madrid resident, passed away on January 2, 2012, in her home surrounded by family. She was born on November 5, 1913, on the family farm near New Madrid and was the fifth of seven children of Charlotte Lewis and Edwin Howard Riley. Emma was educated in New Madrid at the Immaculate Conception School and graduated from Visitation Academy in St. Louis in 1931. She was the oldest member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. On May 18, 1935, she married Floyce Maxwell of Dyersburg, Tennessee, to whom she was married for 39 years before he passed away in 1974. She and Floyce resided in Washington, Missouri, and Eagle Rock, California, before returning home to New Madrid. She was a homemaker and farm owner, as well as owner and operator of a newspaper delivery service for newspapers in Memphis, St. Louis, and southeast Missouri. Survivors include four sons and two daughter-in-laws, Floyce Maxwell, Jr. of Springfield, William (Bill) and Erma Maxwell, David Maxwell, John (Larry) Maxwell of New Madrid, and Mary Ellen Maxwell of Moyock, NC; one daughter and son-in-law, Mary Kathryn and Martin Edmonds of Independence, Missouri, one sister-in-law, Carletha Riley, thirteen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three sons; Robert (Bobby) Maxwell, Edwin Howard Maxwell, and Paul Richard Maxwell; five brothers and one sister; Henry Clay (Mike) Riley, Lilbourn Lewis (Pud) Riley, Edwin Howard (Punk) Riley, Robert Alfred Riley, Lewis Camden Riley, and Dorothy Riley Phillips. Visitation will be held at Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid on Friday, January 4, 2013, beginning at 5:00 p.m. with the Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Madrid with the Rev. David Hulshof officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers are grandsons, Jim Maxwell, Peter Maxwell, Matthew Maxwell, Paul Senne, Aaron Senne, and great-grandson, Joe Maxwell. Honorary pallbearers are Dick Phillips, Jr., Edward Riley, Steve Riley, Edwin Riley, Robert (Wub) Riley, Jim Mills, and Tony Jones. Memorial contributions may be made to: Preferred Hospice of Dexter 423 W. Business US Highway 60 Dexter, Mo, 63841 Birthright 2633 Hopper Road Cape Girardeau, Mo, 63701 Immaculate Conception Catholic School 560 Powell St. New Madrid, Mo, 63869