Charles Henry Maples went home to be with his Lord on March 31 at the age of 72.  A lifelong resident of Mobile, he was a 1962 graduate of Vigor High School and a 1970 graduate of Mobile College.  Charles was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Chippie Maples and Iola Palmer Maples; his brothers, Cecil Ross Maples and Harold William Maples; and his sister, Helen Maples McDaniel.  He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Anne Dodd Maples; his daughters, Lorrie Maples Parker (Emmett) and Lynnette Joy Maples; his grandchildren, Johnathan Charles Fleming, Jessica Anne Fleming, Ella Katherine Parker and Harrison Fulghum Parker; his sisters Agnes Maples Nikolakis (Steve) and Marie Maples Tolbert (Carl); his father-in-law, John E. Dodd; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Charles and Laura Dodd; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Martha Aycock; his sister-in-law, Joyce Dodd-MacDonald; and several nieces and nephews.  The family received friends April 2 from noon until 1 p.m. at Knollwood Assembly of God. A celebration of life service was held immediately thereafter at 1 p.m. with Rev. Aaron Fruh officiating and Dunklin and Daniels Funeral Home of Greenville, Ala., directing.

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