After 8 years of living and treating prostate cancer, Maurice died the morning of September 11, 2022.

With sister Greer, and brothers Wayne and Jim, he grew up in Augusta Georgia to parents George and Sarah Ewing. He attended Richmond Academy where ROTC laid a foundation for his service in the NC Army National Guard.

It was in Augusta, at Jimmy and Alice Minnick's Forest Acres Riding Academy that he developed his lifelong love of horses, the Aiken Hounds, and the thrill of competitive riding. That love prompted a lifetime association with the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show, an organization which Maurice participated in as a rider from child to young adulthood. Maurice also served BRCHS as Ringmaster for 50 years and as a member of the Board of Directors from 1975 until the present. In addition, his passion for horses inspired his initiation of the Charlotte Grand Prix which began on Mothers Day in 1978 and ran annually until 1985.

Maurice met Bonnie in 1966. Then, in 1970, after she finished college at UNC Greensboro and he graduated from Appalachian State University, they were married in the Morrison Chapel at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. They celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary on June 20, 2022.

After their marriage, Maurice and Bonnie lived in Charlotte where Maurice worked in banking and economic development and Bonnie established her own design firm, Ewing Designs. Maurice's career led him to work with the industrial and economic development of Charlotte as well as both Cabarrus and Union Counties.

It was in Charlotte that Maurice and Bonnie were blessed with their two wonderful children, Jim and Elizabeth, who along with their terrific in-laws, Carrie Ewing and Tracy Snelbaker, have provided three delightful grandchildren: Alden Snelbaker of Rockwell and Emma and James Ewing of Charlotte.

Maurice faithfully served his community on various boards and organizations as well as serving as Elder at both Covenant Presbyterian Church of Charlotte and Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church of Blowing Rock. He was also a third generation Rotary Club president.

Services will be held at 11:00 am on September 24, 2022 at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church in Blowing Rock, NC with a reception at the church to follow. Memorials may be made to The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show or Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church of Blowing Rock, NC.

Online condolences may be sent to the Ewing family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.