Sister Maggie Lee Rayford, a Hilton Riverside Hotel retiree, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the age of 85. Maggie was beloved wife of the late Dock Rayford Jr. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Willie Thompson and Mrs. Willie Phillips-Thompson. Maggie leaves to cherish her memory, two children Deborah (Wayne) Magee and Billy (Sabrina) Rayford; two grandchildren Mia A. Rayford and Alvin W. Magee Jr., four great-grandchildren and three great- great grandchildren. Siblings Lucille Bailey, Lee Virgil Thompson, Eddie Mae Porter, Elaine Chase and Mattie Thompson. Stepmother of Leon Rayford and the mother-in-law of Michael Bohnes. Maggie is preceded in death by 3 children Janice R. Bohnes, Connie and Bryan Rayford; one grandson Corey Rayford; three brothers Fred Smith, Issac Lee and Lloyd Thompson; three sisters Ruth Mae Adams, Gracie Thompson and Bernice Vineyard, her in-laws Dock Rayford Sr. and Inez Rayford. Relatives, friends, also the employees of the Hilton Riverside Hotel, Fresh Market, YRC Freight, Country Day School, Jefferson Parish School Board and Ochsner Health System are invited to attend a Celebration of Life at St. John M.B.C., 1419 St. Bernard Avenue, New Orleans, LA, on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. Visitation begins at 10:00 A.M. Interment: Mt. Olivet, New Orleans, LA. Bishop Jessie Rayford, Officiating.