Services for Donna Rives, 70, of Wheeler, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2023, in Cornerstone Church in Wheeler. Cremation will follow after the service.
Viewing will be held Friday at the funeral home with family receiving friends for visitation from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Wheeler.
The Angels of Heaven sounded their golden trumpets for all heavenly friends and family to gather at the Golden Gates of Heaven to welcome home Donna Gail Windom Rives into the Arms of Jesus. What a celebration there is and continues to be! My sweet Donna came into this life on July 19, 1952, in Memphis. She passed away peacefully on January 2, 2023, in Dallas surrounded by all those she loved the most. Donna’s greatest joy was serving others, especially her family and those friends that she loved so dearly. She graduated from the School of Cosmetology at Clarendon College in 1971. She worked as a hairdresser for 34 years in many wonderful communities. Always eager to start her business over and never once complaining about a move. The last 13 yrs she was the Queen of Maxeys Steakhouse greeting and serving people from all over the world. Her Maxey girls loved and adored her. They worked closely beside her for many years. She was simply MOM to her children, NANNA to her grand babies, and FRIEND to so many. Her faith sustained her. She was steadfast even through seasons of struggle. She loved her JESUS!
Donna is survived by her husband Ron, the love of her life for forty four years; children, Michael Rives, Makesha Maupin and husband Derek of Sunnyvale, and Chayse Rives and wife Jessyi of Athens, Texas.
She is also survived by her two loving sisters; Annis Stavenhagen and husband Bill of Clarendon, and Sarah Benham and husband David of Amarillo.
Her favorite times were with our beautiful grandchildren who brought her so much joy; Chelsea Johnston and husband Randall and great grandson Colton, Kristopher Marroquin and fiancée Angie and great grandson Kayden, Cayson Rhett Maupin, Paislee Jane Maupin, Cruz Ryan Rives and Rydge Lofton Rives; eight nieces and five nephews; her beautiful sister-in-love Sammye, and husband Don Rives, brother-in-law Larry Rives; and her dearest friend Janelle and husband Ben Scott.
She is preceded in death by her parents Millard and Adora Windom, her in-laws Thurman and Jane Rives.
We are assured that my sweet and precious Donna is safe in the arms of her faithful Savior who loved her into eternity. Because I belong to Him, Christ by His Holy Spirit, and I am assured that I will see her again one day. I will never stop loving her…my sweet Donna.
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