Cliff Coles News Today

Tributes have been paid to the chairman of one of Buxton’s oldest businesses who was also a stalwart of the local community.

January 24, 1930 - January 12, 2021 James Oliver “J.O.” Maxwell, 90, of Haines, Oregon, crossed over into eternal glory on January 12, 2021, in his own home, surrounded by loved ones, after a brief illness. J.O. was born on January 24, 1930, to Glenn Hand Maxwell and Melva Arvilla Spence Maxwell in his maternal grandparents farmhouse in the Muddy Creek area, west of Haines, Oregon. He was the namesake of his paternal grandfather, James Oliver Maxwell. J.O. grew up on the Maxwell Ranch...