Clara Elizabeth Webb Buchan Maxwell passed away peacefully on Monday, January 20, 2025, at the age of 104 at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She was born September 3, 1920, in Hamlet, North Carolina, to James Wilson Webb and Tinye Brunson Webb.

Clara graduated from Brunson High School in 1937 and from Winthrop College in 1941.  She taught elementary school in Mullins, South Carolina, until her marriage to James Robertson Buchan in 1943.  They raised their four daughters in Mullins.  After James' death, she married William James ("Red") Maxwell and lived in Florence where they raised their blessed blended family and danced many a dance.

Clara was active throughout her life in both Mullins and Florence and spent her last years living in Charlotte with her daughter, Betsy and beloved son-in-law, Tom.  In addition to her family, she enjoyed her friends, her churches, her lake house at Santee, bridge clubs, dance clubs, garden clubs, Girl Scouts, and needlepoint.  In her later years, her greatest joy was all the members of her large family.

Clara is survived by her children, Susan Buchan Pearson (Ken), Catherine Buchan Herndon (Mike), Charles Maxwell (Barbara), Adelaide Maxwell Grattan (George), and Ainslie Maxwell Reynolds (Jeff); her son-in-law, Thomas Pierce; her daughter-in-law, Beth Smithwick Maxwell; her grandchildren, Elizabeth Sirota, Alison Scruggs, Emily Herndon, Elliott Maxwell, Jim Maxwell, Elizabeth Knippen, Jim Maxwell III, Allen Maxwell, Gil Grattan, Tyler Reynolds and Ainslie Walter; 21 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, James Robertson Buchan; her second husband, William James ("Red") Maxwell; her daughters, Elizabeth Buchan Pierce of Charlotte and Mary Buchan Graham (Ernest) of Marion, SC; her son, William James ("Bill") Maxwell, Jr. of Williamsburg, VA; her grandson, Nathan William ("Nate") Pearson of Charlotte and her siblings, Wilson Webb of Conway, SC, Mary Emily Pow of Summerville, SC, and Frank Webb of Greenville, SC.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Mullins Presbyterian Church, 809 Sandy Bluff Road in Mullins with Reverend Jason Brewer officiating.  The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Meares Funeral Home is assisting the family with local arrangements.